Bethlehem

Summary

Bethlehem is a city^[1]. Bethlehem ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,339 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bethlehem is located in Bethlehem Governorate^[3].
• Bethlehem is in the country of Palestine^[4].
• Bethlehem's instance of is recorded as city^[5].
• Bethlehem's instance of is recorded as municipality of the State of Palestine^[6].
• Bethlehem's instance of is recorded as holy city of Christianity^[7].
• Bethlehem's official language is recorded as Arabic^[8].
• Bethlehem's shares border with is recorded as Jerusalem^[9].
• Bethlehem's twinned administrative body is recorded as Burlington^[10].
• Bethlehem's twinned administrative body is recorded as Marrickville^[11].
• Bethlehem's twinned administrative body is recorded as Steyr^[12].
• Bethlehem's twinned administrative body is recorded as Belém^[13].
• Bethlehem's twinned administrative body is recorded as Belo Horizonte^[14].
• Bethlehem's twinned administrative body is recorded as Natal^[15].
• Bethlehem's twinned administrative body is recorded as Valinhos^[16].
• Bethlehem's twinned administrative body is recorded as São Pedro do Butiá^[17].
• Bethlehem's twinned administrative body is recorded as Villa Alemana^[18].
• Bethlehem's twinned administrative body is recorded as Concepción^[19].
• Bethlehem's twinned administrative body is recorded as Třebechovice pod Orebem^[20].
• Bethlehem's twinned administrative body is recorded as Haapsalu City^[21].
• Bethlehem's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chartres^[22].
• Bethlehem's twinned administrative body is recorded as Grenoble^[23].
• Bethlehem's twinned administrative body is recorded as Paray-le-Monial^[24].
• Bethlehem's twinned administrative body is recorded as Strasbourg^[25].
• Bethlehem's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cologne^[26].
• Bethlehem's twinned administrative body is recorded as Athens^[27].

Body

Geography

Bethlehem is in the country of Palestine^[4]. Bethlehem is located in Bethlehem Governorate^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[5], municipality of the State of Palestine^[6], and holy city of Christianity^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Bethlehem include Bethlehem^[28], a city of Pennsylvania^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1741^[31]; Bethlehem Church (Isfahan)^[32], a church building^[33], in Iran^[34]; Bartlehiem^[35], a buurtschap^[36], in Netherlands^[37]; Bethlehem Church^[38], a church building^[39], in Sweden^[40], founded in 1956^[41]; and Canton Biliemme^[42], a human settlement^[43], in Italy^[44].

Why It Matters

Bethlehem ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,339 views/month).^[2] Bethlehem has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[45] Bethlehem is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[46]

Entities named for Bethlehem include Bethlehem^[28], a city of Pennsylvania^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1741^[31]; Bethlehem Church (Isfahan)^[32], a church building^[33], in Iran^[34]; Bartlehiem^[35], a buurtschap^[36], in Netherlands^[37]; Bethlehem Church^[38], a church building^[39], in Sweden^[40], founded in 1956^[41]; and Canton Biliemme^[42], a human settlement^[43], in Italy^[44].