Beer Sheba
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 | |
|---|---|
| City | |
|  View of Beer Sheba from the air | |
|  Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates: | |
| 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(s) | +972 (Israel) + 8 (South) | 
| Website | beer-sheva.muni.il (in Hebrew) | 
Notable sites
    
- The Abrahams Well International Visitors Center archaeological museum
- Israeli Air Force Museum, at the nearby Hatzerim air force base
References
    
- "CBS 2009 estimate" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
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