Lachish

Summary

Lachish is a former settlement^[1]. Lachish ranks in the top 6% of former_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (125 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Lachish is located in Southern District^[3].
• Lachish is in the country of Israel^[4].
• Lachish is in the country of Kingdom of Judah^[5].
• Lachish's image is recorded as LachishFrontGate.jpg^[6].
• Lachish's instance of is recorded as former settlement^[7].
• Lachish's instance of is recorded as tell^[8].
• Lachish's instance of is recorded as archaeological site^[9].
• Lakis is named after Lachish^[10].
• Lachish's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 134868769^[11].
• Lachish's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80125469^[12].
• Lachish's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11961740h^[13].
• Lachish's IdRef ID is recorded as 092379001^[14].
• Lachish's Commons category is recorded as Tel Lachish^[15].
• Lachish's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[16].
• Lachish was dissolved in +0587-01-01T00:00:00Z^[17].
• Lachish's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.56527778, 'lon': 34.84916667}^[18].
• Lachish's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.56552, 'lon': 34.84894}^[19].
• Lachish's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/013pc5^[20].
• Lachish's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Shephelah^[21].
• Lachish's significant event is recorded as Siege of Lachish^[22].
• Lachish's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 000981345^[23].
• Lachish's described by source is recorded as Svensk uppslagsbok^[24].
• Lachish's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[25].
• Lachish's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[26].
• Lachish's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Israel^[4], a Mediterranean country^[28], in Israel^[29], founded in 1948^[30] and Kingdom of Judah^[5], a historical country^[31], founded in -0930^[32]. Lachish is located in Southern District^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include former settlement^[7], tell^[8], and archaeological site^[9].

History and Context

Lakis is named after Lachish^[10].

Why It Matters

Lachish ranks in the top 6% of former_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (125 views/month).^[2] Lachish has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Lachish is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]