Tel Sheva
Tel Sheva or Tel as-Sabi is a Bedouin town in the Southern District of Israel, bordering the city of Beersheba. In 2023 it had a population of 24,195.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 20,800 residents
- Description: Arab-Bedouin town in Israel
- Also known as: “Tal as-Sabi”, “Tel Sheva‘”, and “Telsheba”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tel Be’er Sheva and Open Museum Omer.
Tel Be’er Sheva
Archaeological site
Photo: Gugganij, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tel Sheva or Tel Be'er Sheva, also known as Tell es-Seba, is an archaeological site in the Southern District of Israel, believed to be the site of the ancient biblical town of Beer-sheba.
Open Museum Omer
Museum
Photo: נרשמתי, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Open Museum Omer is situated 3½ km northwest of Tel Sheva.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Omer and Nevatim.
Omer
Village
Omer is an affluent town in the Southern District of Israel, bordering Beersheba. It is located on Highway 60, between Beersheba and the Shoket Junction. In 2023 it had a population of 8,226. Omer is situated 2½ km north of Tel Sheva.
Nevatim
Village
Nevatim is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the northern Negev desert around 8 km south-east of Beersheba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bnei Shimon Regional Council. Nevatim is situated 3½ km southeast of Tel Sheva.
Umm Batin
Village
Photo: MidEastMedStudent, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Umm Batin is a Bedouin village in southern Israel. Located in the northern Negev desert, 12 km northeast of Beersheba and adjacent to the highway 60, it falls under the jurisdiction of al-Kasom Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 5,295. Umm Batin is situated 4½ km northeast of Tel Sheva.
Tel Sheva
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.24565° or 31° 14′ 44″ northLongitude
34.85777° or 34° 51′ 28″ eastPopulation
20,800Elevation
304 metres (997 feet)Open location code
8G3P6VW5+74OpenStreetMap ID
node 599579503OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
8310136Wikidata ID
Q2298534
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Tel Sheva” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تل السبع”
- Catalan: “Tel Sheva”
- Catalan: “Tel Xeva”
- Croatian: “Tel Ševa”
- Czech: “Tal as-Sabi”
- Czech: “Tel as-Sabi”
- Czech: “Tel Ševa”
- Dutch: “Tel as-Sabi”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تل السبع”
- French: “Tel Sheva”
- German: “Tel Scheba”
- German: “Tel Scheva”
- Hebrew: “תל א סבע”
- Hebrew: “תל א-סבע”
- Hebrew: “תֶּל אֶ-סַבַּע”
- Hebrew: “תל שבע”
- Hebrew: “תֵּל שֶׁבַע”
- Hebrew: “תל-שבע”
- Japanese: “テル・シェバ”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tel as-Sabi”
- Persian: “تل السبع”
- Polish: “Tel Sheva”
- Polish: “Tel Szeva”
- Polish: “Tel Szewa”
- Russian: “Тель Шева”
- Russian: “Тель-Шева”
- Spanish: “Tel as-Sabi”
- Turkish: “Tel as-Sabi”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tel Sheva”. Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.