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Beersheba (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 31 15 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.2500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 034 47 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 34.7833 decimal degrees |
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Note: First mentioned as site where Abraham made covenant with Philistine king Abimelech of Gerar; frontier location gave rise to expression "from Dan to Beersheba" indicating whole of Palestine; taken by British 1917; given to Arabs 1948; taken by Israel 1949. |
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| Be'er Shevaʻ (preferred,C,V)
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| Beer Sheva (C,O,English)
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| Beersheba (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Bir es Saba (C,O)
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| באר שבע (C,U,Hebrew )
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled in Bronze Age |
| city (C) |
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| district capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| town (H) |
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of Roman garrison, 4th cen. |
| administrative center (H) |
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of Roman garrison, 4th cen. |
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