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Beersheba (/ 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 area (after Jerusalem ...
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 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 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 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]
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.
Buildings and structures in Beersheba (4 C, 9 P) C. Culture of Beersheba (4 C, 3 P) D. District of Beersheba (3 P) E. Economy of Beersheba (2 C) H. History of ...
The Southern Palestine offensive, began on 31 October 1917, with the Battle of Beersheba, when the British Empire's Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) under the Command of Field Marshall Edmund Allenby attacked Ottoman Empire forces at the Palestinian town of Beersheba during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, of World War I.