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
בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע (Hebrew)

بئر السبع (Arabic)
City
View of Beer Sheba from the air
Coordinates:
Country Israel
DistrictSouth (Mehoz Ha’Darom)
Settledabout 4,000 B.C.E.
Government
  MayorRubik Danilovich
Area
  City117.5 km2 (45.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2009)[1]
  City187,900
  Metro
592,800
Time zoneUTC+2 (Israel Standard Time (IST))
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (Israel Summer Time (IDT))
Area code(s)+972 (Israel) + 8 (South)
Websitebeer-sheva.muni.il
(in Hebrew)

Notable sites

References

  1. "CBS 2009 estimate" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2010-07-04.

Other websites

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