Shilo (town)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).
For the Biblical location, see Shiloh (Biblical).

Shilo (Hebrew: שילה‎, Šîlô) is a Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank, located 28 miles (45 km) north of Jerusalem on Route #60. About 1200 people live in Shilo, with about another 700 people living within its municipal boundaries.

In January 1978, a modern community was established adjacent to the ancient biblical site. The village is administrated by the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.

In 2006, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert noted that Shilo might be one of the settlements which would be pulled out of the West Bank.[1] He claimed that its residents would have to choose whether to remain citizens of Israel, or live under foreign rule.

[edit] External link

 This geography of Israel article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../s/h/i/Shilo_%28town%29.html"
In other languages