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The Beersheba Subdistrict is the southernmost subdistrict of Israel and one of two subdistricts in its Southern District The capital of the subdistrict is, as the name implies, Beersheba . Rahat is the second-largest city and Eilat comes third.
Beersheba (Hebrew: באר שבע, / b ɪər ˈ ʃ iː b ə / / beer-SHEE-bə), officially Be'er-Sheva, [2] [a] is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel.Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the centre of the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in Israel, the eighth-most populous Israeli city with a population of 214,162, [1] and the second-largest city in ...
Beersheba metropolitan area (Hebrew: מטרופולין באר שבע) is a metropolitan area in Israel that encompasses the Beersheba and Southern Districts of Israel. It is located in the Negev desert and constitutes the fourth largest metropolitan area in the country, with an estimated population of over 377,100.
The Battle of Beersheba (Turkish: Birüssebi Muharebesi, German: Schlacht von Beerscheba) [Note 1] was fought on 31 October 1917, when the British Empire's Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) attacked and captured the Ottoman Empire's Yildirim Army Group garrison at Beersheba, beginning the Southern Palestine Offensive of the Sinai and Palestine campaign of World War I.
Beer-sheba is mentioned 33 times in the Hebrew Bible.It is often used when describing the borders of the Land of Israel: "From Dan to Beersheba".It was the site of many patriarchal narratives: Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba (Genesis 22:19), Abraham and Abimelech entered a covenant at Beer-sheba (Genesis 21:32), and Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beer-sheba (Genesis 21:33).
D or 4) is located north of Bet and west of Gimmel, south west to Ramot and northeast to Nahal Ashan. The neighborhood holds the Kaye Academic College of Education, a few dozen community centers, [dubious – discuss] the Nurit immigrant integration camp, [3] a psychiatric hospital, two major shopping centers (Gilat and Oren). The neighborhood ...
The Beersheba Subdistrict (Arabic: قضاء بئر السبع; Hebrew: נפת באר שבע) was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was located in modern-day southern Israel. The city of Beersheba was the capital. After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the subdistrict largely transformed into the Beersheba Subdistrict of Israel.
The settlement dates back to the Second Temple period and has been discovered in Beersheba. [3] The visible remains of the ancient site cover an area of about two dunams. They include several structures and installations: Foundations of a large watchtower [4] Baking facilities [4] Ancient pits that were used for trash [4]