Bethlehem (disambiguation)
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Bethlehem is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank, identified as the birthplace of Jesus of Nazareth. Other uses in Palestine and Israel are:
- Bethlehem Governorate, in Palestine, the capital of the governorate being the above-mentioned Bethlehem
- Bethlehem of Galilee, in northern Israel
Bethlehem may also refer to :
Places
Europe
- Bethlehem, a quarter in the Bümpliz-Oberbottigen district of Berne, Switzerland
- Bethlehem, County Westmeath, a townland in Kilkenny West civil parish, barony of Kilkenny West, County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland
- Bethlehem, Groningen, Netherlands
Britain
North America
- Bethlehem, Connecticut
- Bethlehem, Florida
- Bethlehem, Georgia
- Bethlehem, Indiana
- Bethlehem, Kentucky
- Bethlehem, Louisiana
- Bethlehem, Maryland
- Bethlehem, Massachusetts, formerly a constituent part of Otis, Massachusetts
- Bethlehem, New Hampshire
- Bethlehem, New York
- Bethlehem, Alexander County, North Carolina
- Bethlehem, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Richland County
- Bethlehem, Marion County, Ohio, a ghost town
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Bethlehem, Tennessee
- Bethlehem, West Virginia
- Bethlehem Old Work, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Bethlehem Township (disambiguation), various townships in the United States
Elsewhere
- Bethlehem, New Zealand, an area within the city of Tauranga
- Bethlehem, Free State, South Africa
People with the name
- Bethlehem (given name) or Betelehem, an Amharic feminine name given in reference to the city and birthplace of Jesus Christ
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
Groups and labels
- Bethlehem (band), a German black metal/dark metal band
- Bethlehem (Jesus music), a Jesus-music band
- Bethlehem Records, a jazz record label
- Bethlehem Steel (band), a Brooklyn-based indie rock band
Albums
- Bethlehem (Bethlehem demo album) by the German band Bethlehem
- Bethlehem (Bethlehem album) by the German band Bethlehem
- Bethlehem (Brian McKnight album), 1998
- Bethlehem, a 2007 album by Kari Jobe
Songs
- "Bethlehem", a 2005 song by Duplex! from their album Ablum by Duplex!
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
- Bethlehem (film), a 2013 Israeli film
Religion
- Bethlehem Chapel, a chapel in Prague
- Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem, a Pennsylvanian diocese
- Society of Bethlehem Mission Immensee (S.M.B.), a Roman Catholic Swiss-based missionary Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right for Men
Other uses
- Bethlehem meteorite of 1859, which landed in New York, United States; see Meteorite falls
- Bethlehem Steel Corporation, an American steel-producer
See also
- Belem (disambiguation)
- Bethlem Royal Hospital, a mental institution near London that became the source of the English word bedlam