Bethel

Summary

Bethel is a human settlement^[1]. Bethel ranks in the top 0.26% of human_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,652 views/month, #93 of 35,923).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bethel is located in Canaan^[3].
• Bethel is located in Kingdom of Israel^[4].
• Bethel is in the country of Palestine^[5].
• Bethel's instance of is recorded as human settlement^[6].
• Bethel's instance of is recorded as biblical place^[7].
• Bethel's Commons category is recorded as Bethel (biblical village)^[8].
• Bethel's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.922777777778, 'lon': 35.241388888889}^[9].
• Bethel's described by source is recorded as Béthél^[10].
• Bethel's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[11].
• Bethel's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• Bethel's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[13].
• Bethel's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[14].
• Bethel's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• Bethel's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[16].
• Bethel's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[17].
• Bethel's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[18].
• Bethel's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[19].
• Bethel covers an area of {'unit': 'Q216795', 'amount': '+50'}^[20].

Body

Geography

Bethel is in the country of Palestine^[5]. Located in include Canaan^[3], a historical region^[21] and Kingdom of Israel^[4], a kingdom^[22], founded in -0930^[23].

Physical Characteristics

Bethel covers an area of {'unit': 'Q216795', 'amount': '+50'}^[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include human settlement^[6] and biblical place^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Bethel include Bethel Park^[24], a home rule municipality of Pennsylvania^[25], in United States^[26], founded in 1886^[27]; Beit El^[28], an Israeli settlement^[29], in Palestine^[30], founded in 1977^[31]; and Bethel Foundation^[32], a social enterprise^[33], in Germany^[34], founded in 1867^[35], headquartered in Bielefeld^[36].

Why It Matters

Bethel ranks in the top 0.26% of human_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,652 views/month, #93 of 35,923).^[2] Bethel has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Bethel is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for Bethel include Bethel Park^[24], a home rule municipality of Pennsylvania^[25], in United States^[26], founded in 1886^[27]; Beit El^[28], an Israeli settlement^[29], in Palestine^[30], founded in 1977^[31]; and Bethel Foundation^[32], a social enterprise^[33], in Germany^[34], founded in 1867^[35], headquartered in Bielefeld^[36].