Beer Sheva

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Beer Sheva is a major city in southern Israel, often considered the capital of the Negev desert region and an important academic and technological hub.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
human settlement
capitalOf Negev desert region NERFINISHED
climate hot desert climate
continent Asia
coordinateLatitude 31.252
coordinateLongitude 34.791
country Israel
governmentType city municipality
hasBiblicalSignificance true
hasHighTechIndustry cybersecurity sector
information technology sector
hasHospital Soroka Medical Center NERFINISHED
hasIndustrialArea Beersheba industrial zones
hasMayor local municipal mayor (position)
hasMuseum ANZAC Memorial Center NERFINISHED
Negev Museum of Art NERFINISHED
hasOldCity Beersheba Old City NERFINISHED
hasRailwayStation Beersheba Center railway station NERFINISHED
Beersheba North–University railway station NERFINISHED
hasSportsTeam Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. NERFINISHED
hasTechnologyPark Gav-Yam Negev Advanced Technologies Park NERFINISHED
hasUniversity Ben-Gurion University of the Negev NERFINISHED
hasUniversityCampus Ben-Gurion University main campus NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Biblical Negev NERFINISHED
isAcademicHub true
isTechnologicalHub true
locatedIn Negev desert NERFINISHED
Southern District, Israel NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver Nahal Beersheba NERFINISHED
nearMilitaryBase IDF bases in the Negev
otherCommonLanguage Arabic
Russian
partOf Beersheba metropolitan area NERFINISHED
State of Israel NERFINISHED
populationRankInIsrael one of the largest cities in Israel
populationRankInSouthernDistrict largest city in southern Israel
primaryLanguage Hebrew
regionalFunction center for services for Negev communities NERFINISHED
roadConnection connected by Highway 25
connected by Highway 40
connected by Highway 60
role regional capital of southern Israel
timeZone Israel Daylight Time NERFINISHED
Israel Standard Time NERFINISHED
transportHub true
utcOffset +02:00
utcOffsetDST +03:00

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