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Beit She'an

Beit She'an (Hebrew: בֵּית שְׁאָן Bēṯ Šəʾānⓘ), also known as Beisan (Arabic: بيسان Bisānⓘ), or Beth-shean, is a city in the Northern District of Israel. The town lies at the Beit She'an Valley about 120 m (394 feet) below sea level. In 2022, 98% of the population was Jewish and 2% was counted as other.

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Founded
6th–5th millennia BCE (Earliest settlement) Bronze Age (Canaanite town)
Country
Israel
District
Northern
Name meaning
House of Tranquillity
Subdistrict
Jezreel
• Also spelled
Bet She'an (official) Beth Shean (unofficial)

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Twin towns – sister cities

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Bibliography

University of Pennsylvania excavations

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Beit She'an

Nodes263
Edges262
Triples108
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007605
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Beit She'an

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related to External links · 24
Beit She'an → Archived, Beisan, Beisân, Beit She'an National Park, Beit Shean, Cartographic Collection, Conservation, Conservation DepartmentSurvey, Eran Laor Cartographic Collection, IAA, Israel, Israel Antiquities Authority Site, Map, Palestine, Phahima, Roman Bridge, Scythopolis, SHEAN Jewish Virtual LibraryIlan, Survey, The National Library
related to history · 14
Beit She'an → Amihai Mazar, Egyptian, Excavations, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, Relics, Rockefeller Museum, Some, The, The University, University
related to Geography · 11
Beit She'an → Beit She'an's, Galilee, Highway, Israel, Jericho, Jerusalem, Jezreel Valley, Jordan, Jordan River Valley, The, West Bank
related to Seismicity · 10
Beit She'an → African Plate, Arabian Plate, Dead Sea Transform, Eilat, Golan, Historically, Israel, Kiryat Shmona, Safed, Tiberias
related to Transportation · 7
Beit She'an → Afula, Haifa, Hejaz, In, Jezreel Valley, Passenger, This
related to Climate · 6
Beit She'an → Israel, Jordan Valley, Mount Gilboa, Northern Israel, Samaria, The
related to Historic images · 6
Beit She'an → Beit SheanBeit She'an, Historic, Saray, She'an, Shean, Yiftach Brigade
related to Tourism · 5
Beit She'an → Ancient Beit She'an, Byzantine, Israel, Roman, When
related to Sports · 4
Beit She'an → Hapoel Beit She'an, Liga Bet, Maccabi Beit She'an, The
related to Voting Patterns · 4
Beit She'an → Arab, Benjamin Netanyahu, In, Yair Lapid

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beit she'an pp city israel beth period town palestine bronze age shean egyptian university excavations jerusalem bce early museum population

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Beit She'anCountryIsrael1.00infobox
Beit She'anDistrictNorthern1.00infobox
Beit She'anFounded6th–5th millennia BCE (Earliest settlement) Bronze Age (Canaanite town)1.00infobox
Beit She'anName meaningHouse of Tranquillity1.00infobox
Beit She'anSubdistrictJezreel1.00infobox
Beit She'anWebsitehttp://www.bet-shean.org.il1.00infobox
Beit She'an• Also spelledBet She'an (official) Beth Shean (unofficial)1.00infobox
Beit She'an• Density2,760/km2 (7,160/sq mi)1.00infobox
Beit She'an• ISO 259Beit Šˀan1.00infobox
Beit She'an• MayorNoam Juma'a1.00infobox
Beit She'an• Total7,330 dunams (7.33 km2; 2.83 sq mi)1.00infobox
Beit She'an• Total20,2521.00infobox
Beit She'an• Translit.Bet Šəʼan1.00infobox

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