Beersheba, officially Be'er-Sheva, is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel, often referred to as the Capital of the Negev. It is the centre of the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in Israel, the eighth-most populous Israeli city with a population of 223,587, and the second-largest city in the area, with a total area of 117,500 dunams.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude31.252222 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Beersheba (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 209,687 (2020)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 31.252222, longitude 34.786667
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 260 m
P2046 (area)
area 117.5 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 209687 (2020)
- In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source2. GeoNames: Beersheba - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 295530
31.25181 34.7913 P PPLA IL 01 186600 285 Asia/Jerusalem
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 285 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 31.25, 34.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 31.25, 34.75
31.25 34.75 BSh
Wikidata: Beersheba
Wikidata Q41843, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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