Editing Shefa-Amr (section)

==Geography==
Shefa-Amr is located in the [[North District of Israel]] at the entrance to the [[Galilee]]. It is located {{convert|13|km|mi}} from the Mediterranean Sea and {{convert|20|km|mi}} from each of three cities, Haifa, [[Acre (city)|Acre]] and Nazareth, where many of the inhabitants are employed. The city is located on seven hills, which gives it the name "Little Rome". {{citation needed|date=October 2011}} The elevation of the city and its strategic location as the connection between the valleys and mountains of Galilee made it more than once the center of its district, especially in the period of Uthman, the son of Zahir al-Umar, who built a castle in it, and towers around it. The [[bay of Haifa]] with the sea stretching between Haifa and Acre and the high mountains of Galilee and the valleys surrounding the city could be seen from high points in the city.