Beer Sheba facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Beer Sheba
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View of Beer Sheba from the air
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| Country |  Israel |
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| District | South (Mehoz Ha’Darom) | |
| Settled | about 4,000 B.C.E. | |
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| • City | 117.5 km2 (45.4 sq mi) | |
| Population
(2009)
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| • 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 |
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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
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Beersheba in 1901
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View of Beersheba from the south in 1902.
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Beersheba, 1917
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Beersheba 1938
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Beersheba Turkish Railway Station
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Beersheba 1945 1:250,000
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Beersheba 1947 1:20,000
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Israel Philharmonic Orchestra performing in Beersheba, Israel, 1948
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Monument to the Negev Brigade, Danny Karavan
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Beersheba in the 1960s
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Beersheba in the mid-1980s
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Panorama of Beersheba
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Pipes Bridge, 2012
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Modern Beersheba
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Beersheva emblem on a 1965 stamp
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Dry riverbed in Nahal Ashan park
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Negev Mall Tower
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Shamoon College of Engineering
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Keren Cinema, first movie theater in the Negev
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The Great Mosque of Beersheba in 1948
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Mexico Bridge from railway station to Ben-Gurion University
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Beersheba 1948
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Beersheba police station. 1948. Original building Ottoman with British Mandate addition.
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Beersheba mosque. 1948
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A mosque in Be'ersheva photographed during Operation Yoav, 1948
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Harel Brigade assembling in Beersheba prior to Operation Horev, 25 December 1948
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Nahal Beersheba in flood, 1948
See also
In Spanish: Beerseba para niños
