Bet Shean
The Beit She'an Valley is an area in the Jordan Valley of northern Israel. It consists of the town of Beit She'an, as well as a number of kibbutzim and other small agricultural communities.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 16,800 residents
- Description: ancient settlement and town in Israel
- Also known as: “Beisān”, “Beit She’an”, “Beit Shean”, “Beith Shean”, “Beith Sheān”, “Besan”, “Bet She’an”, “Beth Shan”, and “Beth Shean”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Beit Shean Valley and Roman theatre of Scythopolis.
Beit Shean Valley
The Beit She'an Valley is an area in the Jordan Valley of northern Israel. It consists of the town of Beit She'an, as well as a number of kibbutzim and other small agricultural communities.Roman theatre of Scythopolis
Ruins
Photo: Ricardo Tulio Gandelman, CC BY 2.0.
Roman theatre of Scythopolis is a ruins.
Beit She’an central bus station
Retail building
Photo: Nirvadel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Beit She’an central bus station is a retail building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mesilot and Reshafim.
Mesilot
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Mesilot is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Beit She'an Valley near the city of Beit She'an, it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 482.
Reshafim
Village
Photo: Andi d, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Reshafim is a kibbutz in northeastern Israel. Located two kilometres to the south of the city of Beit She'an in the Beit She'an Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. In 2023, it had a population of 1,196. Reshafim is situated 2½ km southwest of Bet Shean.
Ein HaNetziv
Village
Photo: Danny-w, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ein HaNetziv is a kibbutz in the Beit She'an Valley in northern Israel. Belonging to the Religious Kibbutz Movement, it is located about three kilometers south of the ancient city of Beit She'an, 130 meters below sea level. Ein HaNetziv is situated 3 km south of Bet Shean.
Bet Shean
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.49675° or 32° 29′ 48″ northLongitude
35.4973° or 35° 29′ 50″ eastPopulation
16,800Elevation
-121 metres (-397 feet)United Nations Location Code
IL BETOpen location code
8G4QFFWW+PWOpenStreetMap ID
node 278473514OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Yiddish—“Bet Shean” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Βαιθσαν”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σκυθόπολις”
- Arabic: “بيت شان”
- Arabic: “بيت شيئان”
- Arabic: “بيسان”
- Armenian: “Բեյթ Շեան”
- Armenian: “Բեյթ-Շեան”
- Asturian: “Beit She’an”
- Basque: “Beit Shean”
- Belarusian: “Бейт-Шэан”
- Bulgarian: “Бейт Шеан”
- Bulgarian: “Бейт-Шеан”
- Bulgarian: “Скифополис”
- Catalan: “Baysan”
- Catalan: “Beit She’an”
- Catalan: “Bet-Xean”
- Cebuano: “Bet She’an”
- Chinese: “貝特謝安”
- Chinese: “贝特谢安”
- Czech: “Beit She’an”
- Czech: “Beit Shean”
- Czech: “Bejt Še’an”
- Czech: “Bejt Šean”
- Czech: “Bet Še’an”
- Czech: “Bet Šean”
- Dutch: “Beet She’an”
- Dutch: “Beit She’an”
- Dutch: “Bet San”
- Dutch: “Bet Shean”
- Dutch: “Bet Sjean”
- Dutch: “Beth Sean”
- Dutch: “Beth Shan”
- Dutch: “Beyt Shean”
- Dutch: “Scythopolis”
- Dutch: “Skythopolis”
- Dutch: “Skytopolis”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بيسان”
- Esperanto: “Bejt Ŝe’an”
- Finnish: “Beit She’an”
- French: “Beit She’an”
- French: “Beit Shean”
- French: “Beit Shéan”
- French: “Beït Shéan”
- French: “Beït-Shéan”
- French: “Bet She’an”
- French: “Bet-She’an”
- French: “Bet-Shean”
- French: “Beth Shean”
- French: “Beth Shéan”
- Georgian: “ბეთ-შეანი”
- German: “Beit Sche’an”
- German: “Beit Schean”
- German: “Bet Sche’an”
- German: “Bet Schean”
- German: “Bet Scheʾan”
- German: “Bet Shean”
- German: “Bet-Schean”
- German: “Beth Schan”
- German: “Bethsan”
- German: “Scythopolis”
- German: “Skythopolis”
- Greek: “Μπέιτ Σεάν”
- Greek: “Σκυθόπολις”
- Hebrew: “בית שאן”
- Hebrew: “בֵּית שְׁאָן”
- Hebrew: “בית שן”
- Hebrew: “בית-שאן”
- Hebrew: “סקיתופוליס”
- Hindi: “बीट शीआन”
- Hindi: “बेथ शीआन”
- Hungarian: “Bét-Seán”
- Indonesian: “Beit She’an”
- Italian: “Beit She’an”
- Italian: “Bet She’an”
- Italian: “Parco nazionale di Beit She’an”
- Italian: “Scitopoli”
- Italian: “Scythopolis”
- Japanese: “スキトポリス”
- Japanese: “ベート・シェアン”
- Japanese: “ベイト・シェアン”
- Japanese: “ベト・シェアン”
- Kabyle: “Bisan”
- Korean: “베트셰안”
- Lithuanian: “Beit Šeanas”
- Lithuanian: “Bet Šeanas”
- Lithuanian: “Skitopolis”
- Macedonian: “Бет Шеан”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Beit She’an”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bet-Sjean”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Beit She’an”
- Norwegian: “Bet-Sjean”
- Persian: “بیت شان”
- Persian: “بیت شنان”
- Persian: “بیتشئان”
- Polish: “Beisan”
- Polish: “Beit Szean”
- Polish: “Bet Sze’an”
- Polish: “Bet Szean”
- Polish: “Scytopolis”
- Portuguese: “Beit She’an”
- Portuguese: “Bet She’an”
- Portuguese: “Bet Shean”
- Portuguese: “Bete-Seã”
- Portuguese: “Citópolis”
- Portuguese: “Scythopolis”
- Romanian: “Beit Șe’an”
- Russian: “Бейсан”
- Russian: “Бейт Шеан”
- Russian: “Бейт-Шеан”
- Russian: “Бетсан”
- Russian: “Вефсан”
- Russian: “Национальный парк Бейт-Шеан”
- Russian: “Скифополис”
- Russian: “Скифополь”
- Scots: “Beit She’an”
- Serbian: “Бет Шеан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Beit Š’ean”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Beit Še’an”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Beit Sh’ean”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Beit She’an”
- Spanish: “Beit She’an”
- Spanish: “Beit Shean”
- Spanish: “Bet She’an”
- Spanish: “Bet Shean”
- Spanish: “Escitopolis”
- Spanish: “Escitópolis”
- Spanish: “Scythopolis”
- Swahili: “Beit She’an”
- Swedish: “Bet She’an”
- Swiss German: “Bet Sche’an”
- Tagalog: “Beit She’an”
- Thai: “เบตชิอัน”
- Tosk Albanian: “Bet Sche’an”
- Turkish: “Bet Şean”
- Turkish: “Beyt Şe’an”
- Ukrainian: “Бейт-Шеан”
- Urdu: “بیت شان”
- Urdu: “بیت شیان”
- Vietnamese: “Beit She’an”
- Yiddish: “בית שאן”
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Notable Places Nearby
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