Shivta
Shivta, originally Sobata or Subeita, is an ancient city in the Negev Desert of Israel located 43 kilometers southwest of Beersheba. Shivta was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in June 2005, as part of the Incense Route and the Desert Cities of the Negev, together with Haluza/Elusa, Avdat and Mamshit/Mampsis.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archeological site in Israel
- Also known as: “Chivta”, “Esbeita”, “Horvot Shivta”, “Sbeita”, “Shita”, “Shivta Ruins”, “Shivtah”, “Sobata”, “Subaytah”, and “Tsēfat”
Shivta
- Categories: national park, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
30.88137° or 30° 52′ 53″ northLongitude
34.63082° or 34° 37′ 51″ eastElevation
351 metres (1,152 feet)Open location code
8G2PVJJJ+G8OpenStreetMap ID
way 89820160OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Shivta” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شبطا”
- Armenian: “Շիվտա”
- Basque: “Shivta”
- Catalan: “Isbayta”
- Catalan: “Shivta”
- Catalan: “Sobata”
- Catalan: “Subayta”
- Catalan: “Xivtà”
- Cebuano: “H̱orvot Shivta”
- Chinese: “席伏塔国家公园”
- Chinese: “席伏塔國家公園”
- Czech: “Šivta”
- Dutch: “Shivta”
- Dutch: “Subeita”
- Finnish: “Shivta”
- French: “Shivta”
- German: “Schivta-Nationalpark”
- German: “Shivta”
- Greek: “Σόβατα”
- Hebrew: “חורבות שבטה”
- Hebrew: “חרבות שבטה”
- Hebrew: “שבטה”
- Hebrew: “שיבטה”
- Italian: “Shivta”
- Japanese: “シヴタ”
- Lithuanian: “Šivta”
- Mongolian: “Шивта”
- Polish: “Sobota”
- Polish: “Sziwta”
- Portuguese: “Shivta”
- Portuguese: “Siveta”
- Russian: “Национальный парк Шивта”
- Russian: “Шивта”
- Spanish: “Shivta”
- Turkish: “Shivta”
- Ukrainian: “Шивта”
- Urdu: “شبطا”
- Vietnamese: “Shivta”
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