Tiberias
city in Galilee, Israel
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Summary
Tiberias is a city[1]. Tiberias ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,509 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kinneret sub-district[3]
- Country: Israel[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Sea of Galilee[5]
- Head of government: Shimon Maatuk[6]
- Instance of: city council[7], depopulated Palestinian village[8]
- Twinned administrative body: Montpellier[9], Worms[10], Tudela[11], Allentown[12], Milwaukee[13], Tulsa[14], Great Neck Plaza[15], Saint Paul[16], Wuxi[17], Saint-Raphaël[18], Córdoba[19], Great Neck Peninsula[20]
- Commons category: Tiberias[21]
- Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[22], UTC+03:00[23]
- Inception: 20[24]
- Located in/on physical feature: Galilee[25]
- Significant event: Siege of Tiberias[26], Galilee earthquake of 1837[27]
- Official website: http://www.tiberias.muni.il/[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tiberias[29]
- Commons gallery: Tiberias[30]
- Population: 42,610[31], 5555[32], 7700[33], 12,200[34], 16,000[35], 16,200[36], 16,300[37], 16,500[38], 16,800[39], 17,500[40], 19,200[41], 19,800[42], 20,600[43], 20,700[44]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Tiberias include Sea of Galilee[45], a monomictic lake[46], in Israel[47].
Why It Matters
Tiberias has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] Tiberias is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]
Entities named for Tiberias include Sea of Galilee[45], a monomictic lake[46], in Israel[47].