Ashkelon

The Ashkelon railway station is a railway station that is located in , . It is the southern terminus of the Binyamina– and the suburban lines.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: railway station in Israel
  • Also known as: ‘Asqalān”, “Ascalo”, “Ashkelon railway station”, “Ashkelon Railway Station”, “Ashkelon Station”, “Askalan”, and “Askelon

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Barzilai Medical Center and Ashkelon Sports Arena.

Hospital
Photo: Eman, Public domain.
is a 600-bed district general hospital in , opened in 1961. The hospital serves a population of 500,000, including a large number of Ethiopian and Russian immigrants, and has more than 100,000 admissions annually. is situated 1 km east of Ashkelon.

Sports venue
A.S. Elitzur Ashkelon is a professional basketball team based in in south west . The club currently plays in Israeli National League. The team is named after the late Itamar Sharvit, who has been Elizur Ashkelon's maintenance manager for 18 years. is situated 2 km east of Ashkelon.

Ruins
Ni'ilya was a Palestinian village in the Gaza Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on November 4, 1948, under Operation Yo'av. is situated 3 km southeast of Ashkelon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ashkelon and Bat Hadar.

or Ashqelon Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן Arabic عسقلان ˁAsqalān; is a city on the Mediterranean coast of , 50 km to the south of .

Village
is a community settlement in southern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 661. is situated 4½ km east of Ashkelon.

Village
Mavki'im is a moshav in southern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 515. is situated 5 km southeast of Ashkelon.

Ashkelon

Latitude
31.65996° or 31° 39′ 36″ north
Longitude
34.54907° or 34° 32′ 57″ east
Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)
Open location code
8G3PMG5X+XJ
Geo­Names ID
293400
Wiki­data ID
Q2620226
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Ashkelon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: عسقلان
  • Arabic: محطة قطار أشكلون
  • Catalan: Ascaló
  • Cebuano: Tel Ashqelon
  • Czech: Aškelon
  • Czech: Železniční stanice Aškelon
  • Danish: Ashkelon
  • Dutch: Ashkelon
  • Dutch: Station Ashkelon
  • Dutch: Station Asjkelon
  • Egyptian Arabic: محطة اشكيلون
  • Esperanto: Aŝkelon
  • Estonian: Ashqelon
  • Finnish: Askalon
  • French: Ascalon
  • French: Ashkelon
  • German: Askalon
  • Greek: Ασκαλών
  • Hebrew: אשקלון
  • Hebrew: תחנת אשקלון
  • Hebrew: תחנת הרכבת אשקלון
  • Hebrew: תל אשקלון
  • Polish: Aszkelon
  • Portuguese: Ascalon
  • Romanian: Așkelon
  • Russian: Ашкелон
  • Spanish: Ascalón
  • Swedish: Ashkelon
  • Yiddish: אשקלון באן סטאנציע

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