Editing Beit Shemesh (section)

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Beit Shemesh
| native_name              = {{Lang|he|{{Script/Hebrew|בית שמש}}|rtl=yes}}
| settlement_type          = [[List of cities in Israel|City]]
| translit_lang1           = Hebrew
| translit_lang1_type1     = [[ISO 259]]
| translit_lang1_info1     = Beit Šemš
| translit_lang1_type3     = Also spelled
| translit_lang1_info3     = Bet Shemesh (official)
| image_skyline            = {{center|{{Photomontage
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  |photo1b = Modern bet shemesh.png
  |photo2a = Bet shemesh-Kanyon BIG.jpg
  |photo2b = Beit Shemesh - Condominiums 03.jpg
  |photo4e = רמת בית שמש ג'.tif
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| image_blank_emblem       = Coat of arms of Beit Shemesh.svg
| blank_emblem_type        = Coat of arms
| pushpin_map_alt          = 
| pushpin_map              = Israel jerusalem#Israel
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| pushpin_map_caption      = 
| coordinates              = {{coord|31|44|44|N|34|59|12|E|region:IL|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = {{ISR}}
| subdivision_type2        = [[Districts of Israel|District]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Jerusalem District]]
| leader_title             = Mayor
| leader_name              = [[Shmuel Greenberg]]<ref>
{{Cite web |url=https://www.jdn.co.il/municipal/2156606/ |title=Municipal Elections - Second Round}}
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| unit_pref                = dunam
| area_total_dunam         = {{formatnum:34259|R}}
| population_footnotes     = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| population_total         = 170,683
| population_as_of         = 2024
| population_density_km2   = auto
| demographics_type1     = Ethnicity
| demographics1_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
|  demographics1_title1    = [[Israeli Jews|Jews and others]]
|  demographics1_info1     = 99.9%
|  demographics1_title2    = [[Arab citizens of Israel|Arabs]]
|  demographics1_info2     = 0.1%
| blank_name_sec1          = Name meaning
| blank_info_sec1          = House of the Sun
}}
'''Beit Shemesh''' ({{langx|he|בית שמש||House of the Sun}}) is a [[city council (Israel)|city]] located approximately {{convert|30|km|mi}} west of [[Jerusalem]] in [[Israel]]'s [[Jerusalem District]]. A center of [[Haredi Judaism]] and [[Modern Orthodoxy]], Beit Shemesh has a population of 170,683 as of 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.btl.gov.il/mediniyut/situation/statistics/btlstatistics.aspx?type=1&id=2610 | title=נתונים סטטיסטיים }}</ref>

The city is named after and located near the remains of ancient Beth Shemesh, a biblical city in the territory of [[Tribe of Judah|Judah]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Lemche |first=Niels Peter |title=Historical dictionary of ancient Israel |date=2004 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-4848-1 |series=Historical dictionaries of ancient civilizations and historical eras |location=Lanham, Md. |pages=77 |quote=}}</ref> Its ruins can be found today at the archaeological site of [[Tel Beit Shemesh]].