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The neighborhoods of Beersheba refer to urban and residential districts in the city of Beersheba, Israel.
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The neighborhoods of Beersheba refer to urban and residential districts in the city of Beersheba, Israel.
The Old City (Hebrew : העיר העתיקה, HaIr HaAtika) (Arabic : البلده القديمه (al balad alqafima) is the historical center of Beersheba. Based on the core of the old Ottoman-era built town, it was expanded by the British during the Mandate era. Street signs in English from the Mandate era are still visible on many street corners. Laid out in a grid pattern, it consists mostly of one- and two-floor stone buildings, although some taller buildings were recently built. The old Turkish buildings dating back about 100 years are mostly in a state of neglect although some exceptions can be found where private individuals or organizations have renovated them. Until the late 1990s, the Old City was the commercial hub of Beersheba. But since the opening of the large Negev Mall near the Central Bus Station (and a number of smaller neighborhood-malls) many of the leading chain stores have moved out. There are several sites of historical interest in the Old City: Abraham's Well, the Negev Museum of Art, Allenby Garden, Turkish Railway Station, British War Cemetery, and Aljama Mosque.
Alef (Hebrew : א, lit. A or 1) is located to the immediate north of the Old City. [1] It was the first neighborhood built after Israeli independence (in the 1950s) and provided housing for immigrants from Morocco, Iraq, Yemen and India. Shechuna Alef consists of rows of semi-detached houses and a few apartment blocks.
Bet (Hebrew : ב, lit. B or 2) is located northwest of Alef. It was also built in the 1950s, and provided housing for immigrants from Poland, Egypt, and later Libya (1960s) Georgia and Russia (1970s). Shechuna Bet is home to the Vasermil Stadium, home of Hapoel Be'er Sheva, the city's major football club.
Gimmel (Hebrew : ג, lit. G or 3, also known as Hashalom) is northeast of the Old City. [2] Soroka Medical Center and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev are located here. Many students live in the neighborhood and the university dormitories are situated here. It consists largely of apartment blocks.
Dalet (Hebrew : ד, lit. D or 4) is located north of Bet and west of Gimmel, south west to Ramot and northeast to Nahal Ashan. The neighborhood holds the Kaye Academic College of Education, a few dozen community centers,[ dubious – discuss ] the Nurit immigrant integration camp, [3] a psychiatric hospital, two major shopping centers (Gilat and Oren). The neighborhood holds the famous pyramid house.
The newest part of Dalet neighborhood (also known Vav haYeshana) where Ben Gurion University is located.
Hei (Hebrew : ה, lit. H or 5) is located northwest of the Old City, and west of Alef and Bet. It houses the Ye'elim Absorption Center.
Vav (Hebrew : ו, lit. V or 6) is located in the northwest of the city, north of Bet and west of Daled. It consists of a combination of apartment blocks and private homes, and has its own shopping mall (Kanyon Avia). The old Vav neighborhood, also known as Ringelblum, is popular with students due to its proximity to the university. [2]
Tet (Hebrew : ט, lit. T or 9) is located to the west of the Old City. It consists almost entirely of tower blocks.
Yud Alef (Hebrew : י"א, lit. JA 11) is located to the west of Tet. Most of the homes are detached or semi-detached. The neighborhood includes the Australian Soldier Park.
Nahal Ashan (Hebrew : נחל עשן, Smoke River, Ashan River), also known as Neve Menachem [4] (Hebrew : נווה מנחם, Menachem Oasis) is the westernmost neighborhood in Beersheba. It was built in the past decade and consists largely of private homes. The Neighberhood is built south west of the Ashan River (Nahal Ashan) and Ashan Riven is named after the biblical Ashan city in the Judea region. [5]
Nahal Beka (Hebrew : נחל בקע, Valley Stream) is the city's southernmost neighborhood, located to the southwest of Neve Noy. It was built in the 1990s to house new immigrants from the former Soviet Union, mostly living in caravans and trailer homes. Since then, wealthier members of the Russian Jewish population had moved there and pushed for better services. Sports facilities had been built, and members of the community established the Center of Caucasian Immigrants.
American Jewish philanthropists had inaugurated a program in Nahal Beka to assist new immigrant youth from the Caucasus integrate in Israeli society. Youngsters aged 13–16 took part in a variety of after-school programs together with native-born Israelis that include field trips, leadership workshops and a summer camp. [6]
In 1995 the temporary housing was evacuated and removed. Meanwhile, a neighborhood with single housing was built to the west, carrying the same name.
Neot Lon (Hebrew : נאות לון) is located in the west of the city, west of Tet. It is built around woodland and consists largely of detached and semi-detached houses. The neighborhood includes the Air Force technical high school and the Country Club.
Neve Noy (Hebrew : נווה נוי, lit. Beauty oasis) is located directly south of the Old City. It was founded in 1952 as an agricultural settlement consisting of small stone cottages with vegetable gardens, known as Mishkay Ezer (Hebrew : משקי עזר). The first residents were immigrants from Morocco and Tunisia who had been living in ma'abarot (transit camps). It was renamed Neve Noy in 1979, and consists largely of detached two-storey homes. Streets in this neighborhood are named after plants that grow in the Negev, such as Atad, Shita and Tzabar. Neve Noy is home to the second largest Karaite community in Israel, as well as Maccabi Be'er Sheva, Beersheba's second football team.
Neve Ze'ev (Hebrew : נווה זאב) is located in the southwest of the city, south of Tet. [7] It consists almost entirely of large tower blocks in an area carved out of the surrounding hillside. Many construction projects are under way.
Ramot (Hebrew : רמות, lit. Heights) is the northernmost and easternmost neighborhood in the city, located northern of Gimmel, and named for the fact that it is built on hills. It consists of a mixture of tower blocks and houses, and is still being expanded.
Dimona is an Israeli city in the Negev desert, 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the south-east of Beersheba and 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of the Dead Sea above the Arava valley in the Southern District of Israel. In 2022 its population was 36,776. The Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center, colloquially known as the Dimona Reactor, is located 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) southeast of the city.
Arad is a city in the Southern District of Israel. It is located on the border of the Negev and the Judean Deserts, 25 kilometres west of the Dead Sea and 45 kilometres east of Beersheba. The city is home to a diverse population of 28,170, including Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews, Bedouins and Black Hebrews, as well as new immigrants.
Kiryat Yam is a city in the Haifa Bay district of Israel, 12 km (7 mi) north of Haifa. One of a group of Haifa suburbs known as the Krayot, it is located on the Mediterranean coast, between Kiryat Haim and the Tzur Shalom industrial area, east of Kiryat Motzkin. In 2022 it had a population of 41,095.
Beersheba, officially Be'er-Sheva, is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the centre of the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in Israel, the eighth-most populous Israeli city with a population of 214,162, and the second-largest city in area, with a total area of 117,500 dunams.
Ofakim is a city in the Southern District of Israel, 20 kilometers (12.4 mi) west of Beersheba. It achieved municipal status in 1955. It has an area of 10,000 dunams. In 2022, it had a population of 35,506.
Or Akiva is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel, on the country's coastal plain. It is located inland from the ancient port city of Caesarea and the Mediterranean Sea, and to the north of the city of Hadera. It is 39 kilometres south of Haifa and 48 km (30 mi) north of Tel Aviv. In 2022 it had a population of 20,874.
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Neve Yaakov is an Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem, part of the Israeli-occupied territories, north of the settlement of Pisgat Ze'ev and south of the Palestinian locality of al-Ram. Established in 1924 during the period of the British Mandate, it was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The area was captured by Israel in the Six-Day War and a new neighborhood was built nearby, at which time international opposition to its legitimacy began. The international community considers Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this, defining it as a neighborhood within the jurisdiction of the Jerusalem Municipality, which provides all services. The population of Neve Yaakov is 23,300. Neve Yaakov is one of the Ring Settlements of East Jerusalem. The settlement is also the location of the IDF's Central Command for the West Bank, Jerusalem, Sharon, Gush Dan and Shephelah.
Ramat Aviv Alef or Ramat Aviv HaYeruka, and originally plainly Ramat Aviv, is a neighborhood in northwest Tel Aviv, Israel.
Alumim is a religious kibbutz located in the northwestern Negev desert in southern Israel, near the Gaza Strip. It falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Negev Regional Council.
Kfar Yona is a city in the Sharon subdistrict in the Central District of Israel. It is located between the cities Netanya and Tulkarm, about 8 km east of Netanya in the central junction between Highway 6 and Highway 4. The village was established in 1932 by Maurice Fischer and was declared a local council in the year 1940. Following developments in the fields of construction, industry and, education, the local council received city status on February 11, 2014. In 2024 the city has a jurisdiction of 11,550 dunams (~11.55 km2) and a population of 29,953.
The city of Tel Aviv-Yafo is subdivided into four quarters, which are further divided into neighborhoods.
Neve Sha'anan is a small neighborhood in central Jerusalem. It is located between the Israel Museum and the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, bordering Nayot.
Eshkolot is a secular Israeli settlement in the southern Judaean Mountains of the West Bank. Located around five kilometers from Lahav, it is organized as a community settlement and falls within the jurisdiction of the Har Hevron Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 623.
Beitar Avraham Be'er Sheva was an Israeli football club based in Beersheba.
Ir Ganim is a neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem, bordering Kiryat Menachem.
The Battle of Beersheba, codenamed Operation Moses, was an Israeli offensive on Beersheba on October 21, 1948. It was part of Operation Yoav and was conducted at the end of the operation. It was made possible following the opening of a land corridor from the Negev desert to the rest of Israel in the Battles of the Separation Corridor. The capture had both military and political significance. It helped sever the supply route of the Egyptian expeditionary force's eastern wing, and strengthened Israel's claim to the Negev desert.
The Beersheba Turkish railway station is an Ottoman railway station in the city of Beersheba, Israel, west of the Old City.
Knesset Yisrael, also known as Knesset, is the name of a group of three former courtyard neighborhoods in central Jerusalem. Known as Knesset Aleph, Knesset Bet, and Knesset Gimmel, the housing project was planned by the Vaad HaKlali Knesset Yisrael and funded by overseas Jewish donors. The houses were completed in stages from 1892 to 1926. Beneficiaries of the housing were poor Haredi Ashkenazi families and Torah scholars connected to the Central Committee kolel system. Today Knesset Yisrael is part of the Nachlaot neighborhood.
Abraham's Well is a historical water well in Beersheba, Israel, associated with the biblical narrative of Abraham. Its structure houses the archaeology museum of Beersheba.