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The Ben-Gurion University of
the Negev, located in the southern Israeli city of Be'er-Sheva, was founded
in 1969. The university has grown significantly recently,
and currently has over 17,000 students.
Getting to Be'er-ShevaBe'er-Sheva is easily accessible by car or by public transportation from the center of Israel. It takes only an hour and a half by bus to get to Ben-Gurion University from Jerusalem and only 70 minutes to get there from Tel Aviv by train. This makes it quite easy to participate in mathematical activities in all other Israeli universities and research institutes as well. Here are some directions to the department and maps of the campus and of Be'er-Sheva. |
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Be'er-Sheva is one of the oldest cities in the world, and is already mentioned in the Biblical stories about Abraham and the Hebrew forefathers. The city got its name, which literally means "the well of the oath", from the covenant made by Abraham with Avimelech, the Philistine king of Grar. Much like the university, the city of Be'er-Sheva has grown significantly in the last couple of years with recent waves of immigration from the former Soviet republics, and now has approximately 190,000 inhabitants.
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Be'er-Sheva is located on the edge of the Negev desert. Its climate is therefore generally better than in the Tel-Aviv area, with slightly hotter, but much less humid summers, and with a lot less rain in winter. Be'er-Sheva is an excellent base point from which to explore the Negev desert, the only large sparsely populated area in Israel, with its beautiful sights |
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