Beit Shemesh
Beit Shemesh is a city in the Shfela region of Israel, with a population of 119,000. Excluding the West Bank, Beit Shemesh is the closest city to Jerusalem.
- Town with about 119,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 220 metres (720 feet)
- Description: city in Israel
- Also known as“Bet Shemesh”“Maabarat Hartuv”
Places of Interest
Discover Beit Shemesh Railway Station and Biblical Museum of Natural History.
Beit Shemesh Railway Station
Beit Shemesh railway station is an Israel Railways…
Biblical Museum of Natural History
Museum
The Biblical Museum of Natural History, currently…
Tel Beit Shemesh
Tel Beit Shemesh is a small archaeological tell north west of the modern city of Beit Shemesh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zanoah and Tzora.
Beit Shemesh
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Latitude
31.7462° or 31° 44′ 46″ north
Longitude
34.9887° or 34° 59′ 19″ east
UN/LOCODE
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Open location code
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OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Beit Shemesh” goes by many names.
Beit ShemeshAfrikaans
بيت شيمشArabic
Բեյթ ՇեմեշArmenian
Beit ShemeshAsturian
Beit ShemeshBasque
Бейт-ШэмешBelarusian
বেইত শেমেশBengali
Бейт ШемешBulgarian
Bait ShemeshCatalan
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BetxèmeixCatalan
Bet ShemeshCebuano
بەیت شەمەشCentral Kurdish
Бейт-ШемешChechen
貝特謝梅什Chinese
贝特谢梅什Chinese
Bejt ŠemešCroatian
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بيت شيمشEgyptian Arabic
Beit ShemeshEsperanto
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Bet ShemeshFinnish
ბეით შემეშიGeorgian
ΒαιθσαμυςGreek
Μπέιτ ΣεμέςGreek
בית שמשHebrew
מעברת הרטובHebrew
רמת בית שמשHebrew
बेथ शेमेशHindi
Bét SemesHungarian
Bet-SemesIndonesian
Beit ShemeshIrish
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ベト・シェメシュJapanese
Beit ShemeshJavanese
베이트 셰메시Korean
Bet ShemeshLadino
BeitšemešaLatvian
Beit ShemeshNorwegian
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Beit ShemeshNorwegian Nynorsk
بیت شمشPersian
Beit SzemeszPolish
Bet ShemeshPolish
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Beit ŞemeșRomanian
Бейт-ШемешRussian
Бет-ШемешRussian
ВефсамисRussian
Beit ShemeshScots
Bet SchemeschSerbian
Bet ŠemešSerbian
Бет ШемешSerbian
בית שמשSerbian
Beit ShemeshSwahili
Beit ShemeshSwedish
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Beit ShemeshTagalog
Beyt ŞemeşTurkish
Бейт-ШемешUkrainian
Бет-ШемешUkrainian
بیت شمسUrdu
Bet ShemeshVenetian
Beit ShemeshVietnamese
Beit ShemeshWaray (Philippines)
בית שמשYiddish
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Localities in the Area
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