Beer Sheba facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Beer Sheba
|
||
---|---|---|
City
|
||
View of Beer Sheba from the air
|
||
|
||
Country | Israel | |
District | South (Mehoz Ha’Darom) | |
Settled | about 4,000 B.C.E. | |
Area | ||
• City | 117.5 km2 (45.4 sq mi) | |
Population
(2009)
|
||
• City | 187,900 | |
• Metro | 592,800 | |
Time zone | UTC+2 (Israel Standard Time (IST)) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (Israel Summer Time (IDT)) | |
Area code(s) | +972 (Israel) + 8 (South) | |
Website | beer-sheva.muni.il |
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.
Notable sites
- The Abrahams Well International Visitors Center archaeological museum
- Israeli Air Force Museum, at the nearby Hatzerim air force base
Images for kids
See also
In Spanish: Beerseba para niños
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Beer Sheba Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.