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Map of the Decapolis showing the location of Bet She'an (here called by its Greek name, Scythopolis)

Bet She'an (Hebrew בית שאן unofficially also spelled Beit Shean, Beth Shean; Arabic بيسان Baysān) is a city in the North District in Israel. In Hellenistic and Roman times the city was called Scythopolis in Greek. The city was one of the Decapolis, the "Ten Cities" of northern Palestine that were centers of Greco-Roman culture. In According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2001 the city had a total population of 15,700.

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