Bet Shean

The Beit She'an Valley is an area in the Jordan Valley of northern . It consists of the town of Beit She'an, as well as a number of kibbutzim and other small agricultural communities.
  • Town with about 18,200 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around -130 metres (-410 feet)
  • Description: ancient city and modern regional center in the Northern District of Israel
  • Also known as
    “Beisān”
    “Beit She’an”
    “Beith Sheān”
    “Besan”
    “Beth Shan”
    “Beth Shean”

Places of Interest

Discover Roman theatre of Scythopolis and Beit She’an Station (Old).

Villages in the Area

Discover Mesilot and Reshafim.
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Village
is a kibbutz in northern .
Village
is a kibbutz in northeastern Israel.
2½ km southwest of Bet Shean
is a kibbutz in the in northern .
3 km south of Bet Shean
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Latitude
32.49675° or 32° 29′ 48″ north
Longitude
35.4973° or 35° 29′ 50″ east
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Open location code
8G4QFFWW+PW
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place = town
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Yiddish—“Bet Shean” goes by many names.
ΒαιθσανAncient Greek (to 1453)
ΣκυθόπολιςAncient Greek (to 1453)
بيت شانArabic
بيت شيئانArabic
بيسانArabic
Բեյթ-ՇեանArmenian
Beit She’anAsturian
BisənAzerbaijani
Beit SheanBasque
Бейт-ШэанBelarusian
বেইত শেআনBengali
Бейт-ШеанBulgarian
СкифополисBulgarian
BaysanCatalan
Beit She’anCatalan
Bet-XeanCatalan
Bet She’anCebuano
بەیت شێئانCentral Kurdish
貝特謝安Chinese
贝特谢安Chinese
Beit She’anCzech
Bejt Še’anCzech
Bet Še’anCzech
Beet She’anDutch
Beit She’anDutch
Bet SanDutch
Bet SheanDutch
Bet SjeanDutch
Beth SeanDutch
Beth ShanDutch
Beyt SheanDutch
ScythopolisDutch
SkythopolisDutch
SkytopolisDutch
بيسانEgyptian Arabic
Bejt Ŝe’anEsperanto
Beit She’anFinnish
ბეთ-შეანიGeorgian
בֵּית שְׁאָןHebrew
בית שןHebrew
סקיתופוליסHebrew
बीट शीआनHindi
बेथ शीआनHindi
Bét-SeánHungarian
Beit She’anIndonesian
Beit She’anItalian
Bet She’anItalian
Parco nazionale di Beit She’anItalian
ScitopoliItalian
ScythopolisItalian
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Japanese
BisanKabyle
베트셰안Korean
Beit ŠeanasLithuanian
Bet ŠeanasLithuanian
SkitopolisLithuanian
Бет ШеанMacedonian
Bet-SjeanNorwegian
Beit She’anNorwegian Bokmål
Bet-SjeanNorwegian Bokmål
Beit She’anNorwegian Nynorsk
بیت شانPersian
بیت شنانPersian
بیت‌شئانPersian
BeisanPolish
Beit Șe’anRomanian
БейсанRussian
Бейт-ШеанRussian
БетсанRussian
ВефсанRussian
Национальный парк Бейт-ШеанRussian
СкифополисRussian
СкифопольRussian
Beit She’anScots
Бет ШеанSerbian
Beit Še’anSerbo-Croatian
Beit She’anSerbo-Croatian
Beit She’anSwahili
Bet She’anSwedish
Bet Sche’anSwiss German
Beit She’anTagalog
เบตชิอันThai
Bet ŞeanTurkish
Beyt Şe’anTurkish
Бейт-ШеанUkrainian
بیت شانUrdu
بیت شیانUrdu
Beit She’anVietnamese
בית שאןYiddish

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