In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “town in the balqa governorate of jordan”. Today it says “arab city in the northern district of israel located east of the coastal city of acre”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Israel municipality Shaghur or Shagor ( ; , ash-Shaghur ) was an Arab city in the Northern District of Israel located east of the coastal city of Acre (Akka). It was formed in 2003 with the merger of three Arab local councils – Majd al-Krum , Deir al-Asad and Bi'ina . It was declared a city in 2005. The city was dissolved on December 1, 2008 by Knesset decree and the pre-2003 component villages were given independent standing. It is the third largest Arab locality in the Northern District after Nazareth and Shefa-'Amr . The name Shaghur comes from the name of the nearby valley which borders the al-Araas mountain in which the city is built upon. The city had a population of 29,900 at the end of 2007. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . 2008-06-30 .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Israel municipality ash-Shaghur is also a town in the Balqa governorate of Jordan . Shaghur or Shagor ( ; , ash-Shaghur ) is an Israeli-Arab city in the North District of Israel located east of the coastal city of Acre (Akka). It was formed in 2003 with the merger of three Arab local councils - Majd al-Krum, Deir al-Asad and Bi'ina. It was declared a city in 2005. It is the third largest Arab locality in the North District after Nazareth and Shefa-'Amr . The name Shaghur comes from the name of the nearby valley which borders the al-Araas mountain in which the city is built upon. The city had a population of 29,900 at the end of 2007. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . 2008-06-30 .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
ash-Shaghur is also the name of a neighborhood ( al-Shaghour ) in Damascus and a town in the Balqa Governorate of Jordan.Israel municipality Shaghur or Shagor ( ; , ash-Shaghur ) was an Arab city in the North District of Israel located east of the coastal city of Acre (Akka). It was formed in 2003 with the merger of three Arab local councils – Majd al-Krum , Deir al-Asad and Bi'ina . It was declared a city in 2005. The city was dissolved on December 1, 2008 by Knesset decree and the pre-2003 component villages were given independent standing. It is the third largest Arab locality in the North District after Nazareth and Shefa-'Amr . The name Shaghur comes from the name of the nearby valley which borders the al-Araas mountain in which the city is built upon. The city had a population of 29,900 at the end of 2007. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . 2008-06-30 .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
City in Israel Shaghur or Shagor ( ; , ash-Shaghur ) was an Arab city in the Northern District of Israel located east of the coastal city of Acre (Akka). It was formed in 2003 with the merger of three Arab local councils – Majd al-Krum , Deir al-Asad and Bi'ina . It was declared a city in 2005. The city was dissolved on December 1, 2008 by Knesset decree and the pre-2003 component villages were given independent standing. It is the third largest Arab locality in the Northern District after Nazareth and Shefa-'Amr . The name Shaghur comes from the name of the nearby valley which borders the al-Araas mountain in which the city is built upon. The city had a population of 29,900 at the end of 2007. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . 2008-06-30 .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
City in Israel Shaghur or Shagor ( Hebrew : שגור ; Arabic : الشاغور , ash-Shaghur ) was an Arab city in the Northern District of Israel located east of the coastal city of Acre (Akka). It was formed in 2003 with the merger of three Arab local councils – Majd al-Krum , Deir al-Asad and Bi'ina . It was declared a city in 2005. The city was dissolved on December 1, 2008, by Knesset decree and the pre-2003 component villages were given independent standing. It is the third largest Arab locality in the Northern District after Nazareth and Shefa-'Amr . The name Shaghur comes from the name of the nearby valley which borders the al-Araas mountain in which the city is built upon. The city had a population of 29,900 at the end of 2007. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . 2008-06-30 .
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town in the balqa governorate of jordan
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arab city in the northern district of israel located east of the coastal city of acre
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