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Beit Shemesh
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Beit Shemesh (Hebrew: בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ, Arabic: بيت شيمش; Greek: Βαιθσαμυς; Laitin: Bethsames) is a ceety in Israel's Jerusalem Destrict, wi a population o 103,922 in 2015. Beit Shemesh haes been inhabitit syne pre-biblical times. The modren ceety o Beit Shemesh wis foondit in 1950.
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Beit Shemesh
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Hebrew transcription(s) | |
• ISO 259 | Beit Šemš |
• Forby spelt | Bet Shemesh (offeecial) |
![]() Modren Beit Shemesh | |
Coordinates: 31°44′44.47″N 34°59′11.93″E | |
Destrict | Template:Kintra data Jerusalem Destrict |
Foondit | 1950 |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Ceety |
• Mayor | Shmuel Greenberg[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 34.259 km2 (13.227 sq mi) |
Population (2015)[2] | |
• Total | 103,922 |
• Density | 3,000/km2 (7,900/sq mi) |
Name meanin | Hoose o the sun |
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