From then until the 1990s, when it was closed for renovations, the building housed an archeological museum, which the city intended to turn into the archeological branch of the Negev Museum. The team plays at The Conch Arena, which seats 3,000. Precipitation in summer is rare, the most rainfalls come in winter between September to May, but the annual amount is low, averaging 195.1 millimeters (7.7 in) per year. Winters have an average high of 17.7 °C (64 °F) and average low of 7.1 °C (45 °F). [96] The mayor of Beersheba is Ruvik Danilovich, who was deputy mayor under Yaakov Turner.[103]. [132] Cricket is played under the auspices of Israel Cricket Association. Until 2012, the railway line to Beersheba used a slow single-track configuration with sharp curves and many level crossings which limited train speed. [85] Words from the Bible are inscribed: Abraham "planted a tamarix tree in Beersheba." In 2009, a new tourist and information center, Gateway to the Negev, was built. Lacking the man- or firepower to pound the entrenched enemy, they had to work their way forward until they could launch a final assault. The Battle of Beersheba was important in that this town anchored the right side of a defensive fortification of Gaza. The place is thus connected to two of the three Wife–sister narratives in the Book of Genesis. [43], After a few months, the town's war-damaged houses were repaired. [35], At the time of the 1922 census of Palestine, Beersheba had a population of 2,012 Muslims, 235 Christians, 98 Jews and 11 Druze (total 2,356). [122], There have been plans for a light rail system in Beersheba for many years, and a light rail system appears in the master plan for the city. [20], A plan for the town in the form of a grid was developed by a Swiss and a German architect and two others. In 2014, mayor Ruvik Danilovich announced that the light rail system will be built in the city. Hapoel Be'er Sheva plays in the Israeli Premier League, the top tier of Israeli football, having been promoted in the 2008–2009 Liga Leumit season. Abimelech conceded that the well belonged to Abraham and, in the Bible, Beersheba means "Well of Seven" or "Well of the Oath". [13], Beersheba was described in the Madaba Map and Eusebius of Caesarea as a large village with a Roman garrison. The exception is the Battle of Beersheba, fought on 31 October 1917, which has lodged in the collective memory in a way that no other Australian action in Palestine has.

A large portion of the population is made up of the descendants of Sephardi Jews and Mizrahi Jews who immigrated from Arab countries after 1948, as well as smaller communities of Bene Israel and Cochin Jews from India. The Be'er Sheva North University station is the terminus of the line to Dimona. After an Arab attack on a Jewish bus in 1936, which escalated into the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine, the remaining Jews left. The British incorporation of Sinai into Egypt led to a need for the Ottomans to consolidate their hold on southern Palestine. [99] Another high-tech park is located north of the city near Omer. Sandstorms, haze and fog are common, especially in winter, as a result of the high humidity. The Egyptian soldiers were interned in POW camps. [113], In 1906, during the Ottoman era, the Great Mosque of Beersheba was built with donations collected from the Bedouin residents in the Negev. [9] Findings unearthed at Tel Sheva, an archaeological site east of modern-day Beersheba, suggest the region has been inhabited since the 4th millennium BC.[10]. The Arabic toponym can also be translated as "seven wells" or, as more commonly believed, "lion's well". He set aside seven lambs to swear that it was he that had dug the well and no one else. [20] The first governor (kaymakam), Isma'il Kamal Bey, lived in a tent lent by the local sheikh until the government house (Saraya) was built. [72] During Operation Cast Lead, which began on December 27, 2008 and lasted until the ceasefire on January 18, 2009, Hamas fired 2,378 rockets (such as Grad rockets) and mortars, from Gaza into southern Israel, including Beersheba.

The Beersheba Valley has been populated for thousands of years, as it has available water, which flows from the Hebron hills in the winter and is stored underground in vast quantities. Second and third waves of immigration have taken place since 1990, bringing Russian-speaking Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union, as well as Beta Israel immigrants from Ethiopia.

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