Beer Sheba
city in Israel
Beer Sheba is a city on the northern edge of the Negev region in Israel. It is the home of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Beer Sheba
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City | |
Coordinates: 31°14′N 34°47′E / 31.233°N 34.783°E | |
Country | Israel |
District | South (Mehoz Ha’Darom) |
Settled | about 4,000 B.C.E. |
Government | |
• Mayor | Rubik Danilovich |
Area | |
• City | 117.5 km2 (45.4 sq mi) |
Population (2009)[1] | |
• City | 187,900 |
• Metro | 592,800 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (Israel Standard Time (IST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (Israel Summer Time (IDT)) |
Area code | +972 (Israel) + 8 (South) |
Website | beer-sheva.muni.il (in Hebrew) |
Notable sites
change- The Abrahams Well International Visitors Center archaeological museum.
- Israeli Air Force Museum, at the nearby Hatzerim air force base.
References
change- ↑ "CBS 2009 estimate" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
Other websites
changeMedia related to Beersheba at Wikimedia Commons