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Beer Sheva

Beer-Sheva
  • בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע
  • بئر السبع
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • Also spelled Beer-Sheva / Be'er Sheva (official)
Beersheba (unofficial)
Beersheba City Hall 6.jpg BSNU.jpg
בית המושל באר שבע.jpg Beer Sheba Israel IMG 6795.JPG
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Be'er Sheva at night.jpg
From Upper left: Beersheba City Hall, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Negev Museum of Art, view of down town, Volunteers square, Be'er Sheva at night.
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Beer-Sheva is located in Israel
Beer-Sheva
Beer-Sheva
Coordinates: 31°15′32″N 34°47′58.95″E / 31.25889°N 34.7997083°E / 31.25889; 34.7997083Coordinates: 31°15′32″N 34°47′58.95″E / 31.25889°N 34.7997083°E / 31.25889; 34.7997083
Country  Israel
District Southern
Government
 • Type City
 • Mayor Ruvik Danilovich
Area
 • Total 117,500 dunams (117.5 km2 or 45.4 sq mi)
Elevation 260 m (850 ft)
Population (2015)
 • Total 203,604
Name meaning Well of the Oath or Seven Wells(see also)
Website www.beer-sheva.muni.il

Beer-Sheva (/bɪərˈʃbə/; Hebrew: בְּאֵר שֶׁבַעAbout this sound Be'er Sheva [beʔeʁˈʃeva]; Arabic: بئر السبع‎‎ About this sound Bi'ir as-Sab  [biːr esˈsabeʕ]) is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the center of the fourth most populous metropolitan area in Israel, the eighth most populous city in Israel with a population of 203,604, and the second largest city with a total of 117,500 dunams (after Jerusalem).


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