Beersheba Subdistrict | |
Native Name: | נפת באר שבע قضاء بئر السبع |
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Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern |
Area Total Km2: | 12918 |
Population Total: | 703700 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Demographics Type1: | Ethnicity |
Demographics1 Title1: | Jews and others |
Demographics1 Info1: | 65.1% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Arabs |
Demographics1 Info2: | 34.8% |
Type: | Subdistrict |
The Beersheba Subdistrict is the southernmost subdistrict of Israel and one of two subdistricts in its Southern District. The capital of the subdistrict is, as the name implies, Beersheba. Rahat is the second-largest city and Eilat comes third. Other cities in the subdistrict are Arad, Dimona, Netivot, and Ofakim. Hura and Kseifa have not received city status yet are of similar size. The subdistrict includes an international airport, near Eilat, and a seaport in Eilat.
During the British Mandate of Palestine, most of the present-day subdistrict was included in the Beersheba Subdistrict. Other parts were under the jurisdiction of the Gaza and Hebron subdistricts.