Bethlehem

Bethlehem is a small city located some 10 km south of the Old City of within the , in an "Area A" zone administered by the Palestinian Authority.
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  • Type: Town with 27,000 residents
  • Description: city in the West Bank, Palestine
  • Also known as: “Bayt Lahm”, “Bayt Laḩm”, “Beit Lahm”, and “Beit Lehem”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of the Nativity and Bethlehem University.

Church
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The , or Basilica of the Nativity, is a basilica located in Bethlehem, , . The grotto holds a prominent religious significance to Christians of various denominations as the birthplace of Jesus.

University
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is a Catholic university located in the city of Bethlehem, in the , .

Church
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The of Our Lady, also called Grotto of Our Lady or Milk Grotto, is a chapel in Bethlehem, in the , erected in 1872.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beit Sahour and Beit Jala.

Town
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or Beit Sahur is a Palestinian town east of Bethlehem, in the of the in the State of Palestine. The city is under the administration of the Palestinian National Authority.

Town
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is a Palestinian Christian town in the of , in the . is located 10 km 10 km south of , on the western side of the road, opposite Bethlehem, at 825 meters altitude.

Suburb
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is an Israeli settlement in south-western , with a population of 30,000. Although it is located within the , it is widely considered a settlement, because as one of the five Ring Neighborhoods built by Israel… is situated 3½ km northwest of Bethlehem.

Bethlehem

Latitude
31.7044° or 31° 42′ 16″ north
Longitude
35.2061° or 35° 12′ 22″ east
Population
27,000
Elevation
775 metres (2,543 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PS BTH
Open location code
8G3QP634+PF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 431636549
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
284315
Wiki­data ID
Q5776
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Bethlehem” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Bethlehem, Palestina”
  • Afrikaans: “Betlehem”
  • Albanian: “Betlehemi”
  • Amharic: “ቤተ ልሔም”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Βηθλεέμ”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Βηθλέεμ”
  • Arabic: “بيت لحم”
  • Arabic: “بَيْت لَحْم”
  • Aragonese: “Betlem”
  • Armenian: “Բեթղեհեմ”
  • Asturian: “Belén”
  • Azerbaijani: “Beytləhm”
  • Banjar: “Baitul Lahmi”
  • Basque: “Betleem”
  • Belarusian: “Бэтлеем”
  • Belarusian: “Віфлеем”
  • Bengali: “বেথলেহেম”
  • Bengali: “বেথেলহাম”
  • Bengali: “বৈৎলেহম”
  • Bosnian: “Betlehem”
  • Breton: “Betleem”
  • Breton: “Betlehem”
  • Breton: “Bezhleem”
  • Breton: “Bezleem”
  • Bulgarian: “Витлеем”
  • Burmese: “ဗက်လင်မြို့”
  • Catalan: “Betlem”
  • Cebuano: “Bethlehem”
  • Central Bikol: “Bethlehem”
  • Central Kurdish: “بەیت لەحم”
  • Central Kurdish: “بێت لەحم”
  • Chinese: “Pek-lī-hêng”
  • Chinese: “伯利恆”
  • Chinese: “伯利恒”
  • Chinese: “白冷城”
  • Chuvash: “Вифлеем”
  • Cornish: “Bethlem”
  • Corsican: “Betlemme”
  • Croatian: “Betlehem”
  • Czech: “Betlém”
  • Danish: “Betlehem”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Beytullahim”
  • Dutch: “Bethlehem”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيت لحم”
  • Esperanto: “Bet-Leĥem”
  • Esperanto: “Bet-Leĥemo”
  • Estonian: “Petlemm”
  • Faroese: “Betlehem”
  • Finnish: “Betlehem”
  • French: “Bethléem”
  • French: “Bethléhem”
  • Galician: “Belén”
  • Georgian: “ბეთლემი”
  • Georgian: “ბეით-ლაჰმი”
  • German: “Bait Lahm”
  • German: “Bayt Laḥm”
  • German: “Bethlehem”
  • German: “Betlehem”
  • Gothic: “𐌱𐌴𐌸𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼/Beþlaihaim”
  • Gothic: “𐌱𐌴𐌸𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼”
  • Greek: “Βηθλεέμ”
  • Guarani: “Belẽ”
  • Guarani: “Velẽ”
  • Haitian: “Bètleyèm”
  • Hebrew: “בית לחם יהודה”
  • Hebrew: “בית לחם”
  • Hindi: “बेथलहम”
  • Hindi: “बैतलहम”
  • Hungarian: “Betlehem”
  • Iban: “Betlehem”
  • Icelandic: “Betlehem”
  • Inari Sami: “Betlehem”
  • Indonesian: “Betlehem”
  • Interlingua: “Bethlehem”
  • Interlingue: “Bethlem”
  • Irish: “An Bheithil”
  • Irish: “Beitheal”
  • Irish: “Beithil”
  • Italian: “Betlemme”
  • Japanese: “ベツレヘム”
  • Javanese: “Betlehem”
  • Javanese: “Bètléhem”
  • Kalaallisut: “Bethlehem”
  • Kannada: “ಬೆಥ್ಲೆಹೆಮ್”
  • Kannada: “ಬೆಥ್‌ಲೆಹೆಮ್”
  • Kannada: “ಬೇಥಲಹಮ್”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Бидилгим”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Вифлеем”
  • Korean: “베들레헴”
  • Kurdish: “Bethlehem”
  • Latin: “Bethleem”
  • Latin: “Bethlehem”
  • Latvian: “Bētleme”
  • Lingala: “Bɛtɛlɛmɛ”
  • Lithuanian: “Betliejus”
  • Lombard: “Betlem”
  • Low German: “Bethlehem”
  • Low German: “Betlum”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Betlehem”
  • Luxembourgish: “Betlehem”
  • Macedonian: “Витлеем”
  • Maithili: “बेथलेहम”
  • Malagasy: “Betlehema”
  • Malay: “Baitlaham”
  • Malay: “Baitul Laham”
  • Malay: “Baitulaham”
  • Malay: “بيت لحم”
  • Malayalam: “ബെത്‌ലഹേം”
  • Maltese: “Bethlehem”
  • Maltese: “Betlehem”
  • Maltese: “Betlem”
  • Maori: “Peterehema”
  • Marathi: “बेथलेहेम”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Báik-lé-hèng”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Bethlehem”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pek-lī-hêng”
  • Moksha: “Бетлеем”
  • Mongolian: “Бетлехем”
  • Nepali: “बेथलेहम”
  • Northern Frisian: “Bethlehem”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Betlehem”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Betlehem”
  • Norwegian: “Betlehem”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Betelèm”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܒܝܬ ܠܚܡ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Bethleem”
  • Ossetian: “Вифлеем”
  • Panjabi: “ਬੇਥਲਹਮ”
  • Persian: “بیت‌لحم”
  • Picard: “Bétléèm”
  • Piemontese: “Betlem”
  • Polish: “Betlejem”
  • Portuguese: “Belem”
  • Portuguese: “Belém”
  • Pushto: “بیت لحم”
  • Quechua: “Wilin”
  • Romanian: “Bethleem Efrata”
  • Romanian: “Betleem”
  • Russian: “Байт-Лахм”
  • Russian: “Бейт-Лехем”
  • Russian: “Бетлам”
  • Russian: “Бетлехем”
  • Russian: “Вифлеем”
  • Sardinian: “Betlemme”
  • Scots: “Bethlehem”
  • Serbian: “Витлејем”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Betlehem”
  • Sicilian: “Betlemmi”
  • Silesian: “Betlejym”
  • Sindhi: “بيت لحم”
  • Sinhala: “බෙත්ලෙහෙම”
  • Slovak: “Betlehem”
  • Slovenian: “Betlehem”
  • Somali: “Baytulaxam”
  • Spanish: “Belén de Judá”
  • Spanish: “Belen”
  • Spanish: “Belén”
  • Swahili: “Bethlehemu”
  • Swedish: “Betlehem”
  • Swiss German: “Bethlehem”
  • Tagalog: “Belen”
  • Tagalog: “Belén”
  • Tamil: “பெத்லகேம்”
  • Tatar: “Бәйтлеһем”
  • Telugu: “బేయ్త్లెహెం”
  • Thai: “เบธเลเฮม”
  • Tok Pisin: “Betlehem”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Bethlehem”
  • Turkish: “Betlehem”
  • Turkish: “Beytüllahim”
  • Tyap: “Ba̱italami”
  • Uighur: “بېتلېخېم”
  • Ukrainian: “Бейт-Лехем”
  • Ukrainian: “Бетлехем”
  • Ukrainian: “Вифлеєм”
  • Ukrainian: “Віфлеєм”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Betlehem”
  • Urdu: “بیت اللحم”
  • Urdu: “بیت لحم”
  • Urdu: “بَیت لَحَم”
  • Uzbek: “Baytullahm”
  • Uzbek: “Vifleem”
  • Venetian: “Betleme”
  • Veps: “Viflejem”
  • Vietnamese: “Bethlehem”
  • Walloon: “Betleyem”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Belen”
  • Welsh: “Bethlehem”
  • Western Armenian: “Բեթղեհէմ”
  • Western Frisian: “Betlehem”
  • Western Frisian: “Betlehim”
  • Western Panjabi: “بیت اللحم”
  • Western Panjabi: “بیت لحم”
  • Wolof: “Betleyem”
  • Wu Chinese: “白冷”
  • Yakut: “Бэтлэһэм”
  • Yiddish: “בית לחם”
  • Yoruba: “Bethlehem”
  • Yue Chinese: “白冷城”
  • Zeeuws: “Bethlehem”
  • “Belen”
  • “Bethlehem”
  • “ma tomo Palan”

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