Beit Shemesh is a city in Israel's Jerusalem District, about 30 kilometers west of Jerusalem, whose name means House of the Sun in Hebrew and derives from the biblical city of Beth Shemesh in the territory of the Tribe of Judah. The modern city was established in 1950 on the site of a displaced persons camp, with permanent housing built from 1952, and it lies near Tel Beit Shemesh, an archaeological site with remains reaching back to a Bronze Age Canaanite settlement. As of 2024 the city had 176,786 residents and functions as a center of Haredi Judaism and Modern Orthodoxy.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude31.751389 degrees north 1 Sources
1. Beit Shemesh (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 118,700 (2018)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 31.751389, longitude 34.988611
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 220 m
P2046 (area)
area 34.259 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 118700 (2018)
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Wikidata Q152449, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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