Bethlehem

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biblical city city human settlement

Bethlehem is an ancient town in the West Bank historically revered as the birthplace of Jesus and a major center of Christian pilgrimage.

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All labels observed (21)

Label Occurrences
Bethlehem canonical 140
Bethlehem in Judah 5
Bethlehem area 4

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical city ⓘ
city ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
biblicalName Bethlehem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bethlehem Ephrathah

Bethlehem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bethlehem of Judea
celebrates Christmas as major festival ⓘ
country State of Palestine ⓘ
distanceFromJerusalem about 10 km ⓘ
economySector handicrafts ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevation about 775 m above sea level ⓘ
famousFor Christian pilgrimage ⓘ
Church of the Nativity ⓘ
Manger Square ⓘ
governedBy Bethlehem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bethlehem Municipality
hasChristianCommunity yes ⓘ
hasEvent annual Christmas Eve celebrations ⓘ
hasLandmark Church of the Nativity ⓘ
Milk Grotto ⓘ
Shepherds’ Field (nearby Beit Sahour) ⓘ
hasMinorityLanguage English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
hasMuslimCommunity yes ⓘ
historicalRegion Judea ⓘ
knownFor mother-of-pearl handicrafts ⓘ
olive wood carvings ⓘ
locatedIn Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Middle East ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
West Bank ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Jerusalem ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
mayorTitle Mayor of Bethlehem ⓘ
meaningOfName House of Bread ⓘ
mentionedIn Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
surface form: Gospels of Matthew and Luke

New Testament ⓘ
nearbyCity Jerusalem ⓘ
nearbyTown Beit Jala ⓘ
Beit Jala ⓘ
surface form: Beit Sahour
partOf Bethlehem Governorate ⓘ
pilgrimageDestinationFor Christians worldwide ⓘ
populationEstimate around 25,000–30,000 inhabitants ⓘ
primaryLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Levantine Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Palestinian Arabic
religionSignificance Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
reveredAs birthplace of Jesus ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2012 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Bethlehem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem

Referenced by (169)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jesus Christ → birthPlace → Bethlehem ⓘ
Judea → containsCity → Bethlehem ⓘ
Saint Joseph → associatedWith → Bethlehem ⓘ
King David → birthPlace → Bethlehem ⓘ
Nativity of Christ → hasPlace → Bethlehem ⓘ
Palestinian → hasMajorCity → Bethlehem ⓘ
Bethlehem → biblicalName → Bethlehem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bethlehem of Judea
Bethlehem → biblicalName → Bethlehem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bethlehem Ephrathah
Bethlehem → governedBy → Bethlehem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bethlehem Municipality
Bethlehem → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Bethlehem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem
Joseph → associatedWithPlace → Bethlehem ⓘ
United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine → proposedInternationalRegimeFor → Bethlehem ⓘ
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) → contains → Bethlehem ⓘ
West Bank → containsCity → Bethlehem ⓘ
Tribe of Judah → traditionalTerritory → Bethlehem ⓘ
Bern → twinCity → Bethlehem ⓘ
Jerome → deathPlace → Bethlehem ⓘ
Jerome → residence → Bethlehem ⓘ
Flight into Egypt → origin → Bethlehem ⓘ
Gospel infancy narratives → setIn → Bethlehem ⓘ
Ruth → setIn → Bethlehem ⓘ
subject surface form: Book of Ruth
Nitzevet bat Adael → associatedPlace → Bethlehem ⓘ
Holy Land → contains → Bethlehem ⓘ
Protoevangelium of James → setting → Bethlehem ⓘ
Magi → visitLocation → Bethlehem ⓘ
Jesse → residence → Bethlehem ⓘ
Jesse → residence → Bethlehem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bethlehem in Judah
Judean Mountains → contains → Bethlehem ⓘ
Bethlehem Governorate → capital → Bethlehem ⓘ
Bethlehem Governorate → administrativeCenter → Bethlehem ⓘ
Bethlehem Governorate → contains → Bethlehem ⓘ
Bethlehem Governorate → hasHistoricCity → Bethlehem ⓘ
Church of the Nativity → locatedIn → Bethlehem ⓘ
Milk Grotto → locatedIn → Bethlehem ⓘ
John Cassian → residence → Bethlehem ⓘ
Beit Jala → locatedNear → Bethlehem ⓘ
Beit Jala → governorateCapital → Bethlehem ⓘ
House of Bread → literalMeaningOf → Bethlehem ⓘ
House of Bread → transliteration → Bethlehem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beit Lechem
House of Bread → refersTo → Bethlehem ⓘ
House of Bread → isToponymicMeaningOf → Bethlehem ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient town of Bethlehem
House of Bread → relatedTerm → Bethlehem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bethlehem of Judea
House of Bread → relatedTerm → Bethlehem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bethlehem Ephrathah
Manger Square → locatedIn → Bethlehem ⓘ
Manger Square → governedBy → Bethlehem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bethlehem municipality
Manger Square → near → Bethlehem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bethlehem municipal buildings
Shepherds’ Field (nearby Beit Sahour) → locatedNear → Bethlehem ⓘ
subject surface form: Shepherds’ Field
Shepherds’ Field (nearby Beit Sahour) → near → Bethlehem ⓘ
subject surface form: Shepherds’ Field
Shepherds’ Field (nearby Beit Sahour) → hasViewOf → Bethlehem ⓘ
subject surface form: Shepherds’ Field
this entity surface form: Bethlehem area
Joseph the Betrothed → associatedPlace → Bethlehem ⓘ