Bethsaida
Bethsaida, also known as Julias or Julia, is a place mentioned in the New Testament. Julias lay in an administrative district known as Gaulonitis, now the Golan Heights.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site
- Also known as: “et-Tell”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jordan Park and בית הבק.
Jordan Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jordan Park is situated 300 metres northwest of Bethsaida.
בית הבק
Ruins
Photo: Avital be, CC BY-SA 3.0.
בית הבק is a ruins, which is situated 2 km southwest of Bethsaida.
Memorial to the Fallen of Tel Mutila Battle
Memorial
Photo: Avi1111, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Memorial to the Fallen of Tel Mutila Battle is situated 2½ km west of Bethsaida.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Had Nes and Almagor.
Had Nes
Village
Photo: אסף.צ, Public domain.
Had Ness is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement, in the Golan Heights. Located adjacent to the Jordan River, it falls under the jurisdiction of Golan Regional Council.
Almagor
Village
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Almagor is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Korazim Plateau, to the north of the Sea of Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 540. Almagor is situated 2½ km west of Bethsaida.
Karkom
Village
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Karkom is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Korazim Plateau, near the Jordan River, east of Hatzor HaGlilit and just north of the Sea of Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. Karkom is situated 3 km northwest of Bethsaida.
Bethsaida
- Categories: ancient city, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Quneitra Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.91029° or 32° 54′ 37″ northLongitude
35.63058° or 35° 37′ 50″ eastOpen location code
8G4QWJ6J+46OpenStreetMap ID
way 734139729OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q501773
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Wolof—“Bethsaida” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Βηθσαϊδά”
- Arabic: “بيت صيدا”
- Armenian: “Բեթսաիդա”
- Asturian: “Betsaida”
- Basque: “Betsaida”
- Belarusian: “Бэтсаіда”
- Belarusian: “Віфсаіда”
- Bulgarian: “Бетсаида”
- Catalan: “Betsaida”
- Chinese: “伯賽大”
- Chinese: “伯赛大”
- Chinese: “貝特賽達”
- Czech: “Betsaida”
- Danish: “Bethsaida”
- Danish: “Betsaida”
- Dutch: “Bethsaida”
- Dutch: “Bethsaïda”
- Dutch: “Betsaida”
- Dutch: “Betsaïda”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بيت صيدا”
- Esperanto: “Betsaida”
- Finnish: “Betsaida”
- French: “Bethsaide”
- French: “Bethsaïde”
- Galician: “Betsaida”
- German: “Bethsaida”
- Greek: “Βηθσαϊδά”
- Hebrew: “בית צידא”
- Hebrew: “בית צידה”
- Hebrew: “תל בית צידה”
- Hungarian: “Bétszaida”
- Indonesian: “Betsaida”
- Irish: “Béatsáide”
- Italian: “Betsaida”
- Japanese: “ベツサイダ”
- Korean: “배쌔다”
- Korean: “베싸이다”
- Korean: “벳새다”
- Luxembourgish: “Bethsaida”
- Luxembourgish: “Betsaida”
- Malagasy: “Betsaida”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Betsaida”
- Norwegian: “Betsaida”
- Persian: “بیت صیدا”
- Polish: “Betsaida”
- Portuguese: “Bethsaida”
- Portuguese: “Betsaida”
- Romanian: “Betsaida”
- Russian: “Вифсаида”
- Serbian: “Витсаида”
- Slovenian: “Betsajda”
- Spanish: “Betsaida”
- Swahili: “Bethsaida”
- Swedish: “Betsaida”
- Tagalog: “Besata”
- Tagalog: “Bethesda”
- Tagalog: “Bethsaida”
- Tagalog: “Betsaida”
- Tagalog: “Betsayda”
- Tagalog: “Bezata”
- Turkish: “Beytsayda”
- Ukrainian: “Витсаїда”
- Ukrainian: “Віфсаїда”
- Urdu: “بیت صیدا”
- Venetian: “Betsaida”
- Waray (Philippines): “Betsaida”
- Welsh: “Bethsaida”
- Western Frisian: “Betsaïda”
- Wolof: “Betsayda”
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