Beersheba
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/23493
- Note
- "The Biblical site of Beersheba is Tel Be´er Sheva, lying some 4 km distant from the modern city, which was established at the start of the 20th century by the Ottoman Turks. The city was captured by the British led Australian Light Horse in the Battle of Beersheba (1917) during World War I. In 1947, Bir Seb´a (Arabic: بئر السبع), as it was known, was envisioned as part of the Arab state in the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine. Following the declaration of Israel´s independence, the Egyptian army amassed its forces in Beersheba as a strategic and logistical base. In the Battle of Beersheba waged in October 1948, it was conquered by the Israel Defense Forces." - (en.wikipedia.org 23.09.2020)
- Latitude
- 31.258888244629
- Longitude
- 34.797779083252
- Inhabitants
- 186,600
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