Beit Shemesh

Beit Shemesh בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ
City
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Beit Šemš
• Also spelled	Bet Shemesh (official)
Coat of arms
Interactive map of Beit Shemesh
Beit Shemesh Location within Jerusalem District Beit Shemesh Location within Israel
Country	Israel
District	Jerusalem
Government
• Mayor	Shmuel Greenberg
Area
• Total	34,259 dunams (34.259 km2; 13.227 sq mi)
Population  (2024)
• Total	176,786
• Density	5,160.3/km2 (13,365/sq mi)
Ethnicity
• Jews and others	99.9%
• Arabs	0.1%
Name meaning	House of the Sun

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Beit Shemesh (Hebrew: בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ, lit. 'House of the Sun') is a city located approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Jerusalem in Israel's Jerusalem District. A center of Haredi Judaism and Modern Orthodoxy, Beit Shemesh had a population of 176,786 as of 2024.

The city is named after Beth Shemesh, a Biblical city of the territory of the Tribe of Judah, and located near Tel Beit Shemesh / Ain Shams, an archeological site with remains going back to a Bronze age Canaanite settlement.