Ekron

Ekron, in the Hellenistic period known as Accaron was at first a Canaanite, and later more famously a Philistine city, one of the five cities of the Philistine Pentapolis, located in present-day .
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  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of around 100 metres (340 feet)
  • Description: archaeological site in Israel
  • Also known as
    “Tel Elteqa”
    “Tel Elteqe”
    “Tel Mikne”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nahal Sork Railway Station and Junction Station Cemetery.
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is a ruins, which is situated 4 km northeast of Ekron.
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is situated 3½ km northeast of Ekron.
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is a school, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Ekron.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Revadim and Yad Binyamin.
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is a kibbutz in southern . is situated 3½ km west of Ekron.
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is a community settlement in central . is situated 3½ km northwest of Ekron.
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is a Haredi moshav in central . is situated 4 km west of Ekron.

Ekron

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Latitude
31.77876° or 31° 46′ 44″ north
Longitude
34.85114° or 34° 51′ 4″ east
Open location code
8G3PQVH2+GF
Geo­Names ID
293355
Wiki­data ID
Q1323557

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Ekron” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “عقرون”
  • Basque: “Ekron”
  • Bulgarian: “Екрон”
  • Catalan: “Akkaron”
  • Catalan: “Ecron”
  • Catalan: “Ekron”
  • Catalan: “Eqron”
  • Cebuano: “Tel Miqne”
  • Chinese: “以革伦”
  • Dutch: “Ekron”
  • Dutch: “Tel Miqne”
  • Esperanto: “Ekron”
  • Estonian: “Ekron”
  • French: “Ekron”
  • French: “Éqron”
  • French: “Tel Miqneh”
  • German: “Ekron”
  • Greek: “Ακκαρών”
  • Hebrew: “חרבת אל מוקנע”
  • Hebrew: “עקרון (עיר מקראית)”
  • Hebrew: “עֶקְרוֹן”
  • Hebrew: “תל מקנה”
  • Hungarian: “Ekron”
  • Indonesian: “Ekron”
  • Italian: “Accaron”
  • Italian: “Ekron”
  • Japanese: “エクロン”
  • Korean: “에그론”
  • Macedonian: “Екрон”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ekron”
  • Norwegian: “Ekron”
  • Polish: “Ekron”
  • Portuguese: “Ecrom”
  • Romanian: “Ekron”
  • Russian: “Аккарон”
  • Russian: “Аскалон”
  • Russian: “Екрон”
  • Russian: “Экрон”
  • Slovenian: “Ekron”
  • Spanish: “Ecrón”
  • Spanish: “Ekrón”
  • Spanish: “Eqrón”
  • Swedish: “Ekron”
  • Ukrainian: “Екрон”
  • Urdu: “عقرون”

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