Beersheba

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Beersheba is a major city in southern Israel, often regarded as the "Capital of the Negev" and known for its historical significance and rapid modern development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
human settlement
municipality
ArabicName بئر السبع
capturedBy British Empire forces in 1917
climateClassification BSh (Köppen)
coordinateLatitude 31.252
coordinateLongitude 34.791
country Israel
elevationAboveSeaLevel ~260 metres
governedBy Beersheba Municipality
hasBiblicalAssociationWith Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
hasClimate semi-arid climate
hasEconomicActivity education sector
high-tech industry
services sector
hasEtymologyMeaning well of seven
well of the oath
hasFunction administrative center of the Southern District of Israel
cultural center of the Negev
hasHistoricalSignificance ancient city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible
hasLandmark Abraham’s Well complex
Beersheba River Park
Negev Museum of Art
Beersheba self-linksurface differs
surface form: Old City of Beersheba

Turkish railway station
hasMajorHospital Soroka University Medical Center
hasMayor local elected mayor
hasPopulationRankInIsrael one of the largest cities in Israel
hasRapidModernDevelopment yes
hasTransportationInfrastructure central railway station
major road junctions in southern Israel
hasUniversity Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
HebrewName בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע
incorporatedInto creationOfStateOfIsrael
surface form: State of Israel in 1948
isAcademicCenterFor Negev desert
surface form: Negev region
isRegionalCapitalOf Negev desert
surface form: Negev
isRegionalCenterFor Southern District, Israel
surface form: southern Israel
locatedIn Southern District, Israel
locatedInRegion Negev desert
surface form: Negev
mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Book of Joshua
nickname Capital of the Negev
partOf Israel
surface form: State of Israel
siteOfBattle Battle of Beersheba (1917)
wasImportantInPeriod Mandatory Palestine
surface form: British Mandate of Palestine

Ottoman era

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Beer-sheba area archaeologicalSite Beersheba
this entity surface form: Tel Beersheba