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Beersheba

Beersheba, the largest city in the Negev desert of Israel, is often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev." In 2005, when the population reached 185,000, Beer-Sheva became the sixth largest city in Israel - up from 110,800 twenty years before. Beer-Sheva is the administrative center for the southern region of Israel and home of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Soroka Medical Center, and a symphony orchestra, the Israel Sinfonietta Beer-Sheva. Today the town is inhabited mainly by Jews who originally immigrated to Israel from Arab countries and the former Soviet Union.
The name literally means 'well of oath' in Hebrew.
Homepage (hebrew): www.beer-sheva.muni.il

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beersheba

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  • Building 37 Computer science faculty, عمر (guest) wrote 8 years ago:
    My faculty
  • Abrahams Well - International Visitors Center, Rossco66 wrote 11 years ago:
    Also the objective of allied efforts to take Beersheba in 1917 as part of Sinai and Palestine campaign. Multiple wells in the town were rigged with explosives however only a minor number were destroyed. Capturing the wells meant the attacking allied force, and its horses, could be watered. Failure to capture the town and the wells intact would have meant a retreat across near desert landscape for a force that had almost used up all its water supplies.
  • IDF Military Police :Beersheba base, John832 wrote 12 years ago:
    My understanding is that this camp is, or certainly at one time in the recent past was, home to components of the above detailed IDF unit(s) - hence the open source information or detail about that unit, as relevant. If, however, you have more accurate or up-to-date information, then naturally please feel free to comment and/or edit in the interests of greater accuracy and the spirit of 'wiki'.
  • Park Neve Noi, دورا الخليل (guest) wrote 12 years ago:
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  • Tomer School, charoun (guest) wrote 12 years ago:
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31°14'47"N   34°47'11"E
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