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Southern District

Kiryat Gat

Kiryat Gat also spelled Qiryat Gat, is a city in the of . It lies 56 km south of , 43 km north of , and 68 km west southwest of .
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  • Type: Town with 61,800 residents
  • Description: city in Israel
  • Also known as: “Qastina Alef” and “Qiryat Gat”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tel Erani and Kiryat Gat.

Archaeological site
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or Tell esh-Sheikh Ahmed el-ʿAreini is a multi-period archaeological site on the outskirts of Kiryat Gat in the of . It is also known by the name ʻIrâq el-Menshiyeh, although thought to have borne the original Arabic name of Menshiyet es-Saḥalīn.

Railway station
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The railway station is an Israel Railways station in , situated on the Railway to Beersheba. It is located in the industrial zone in the east of .

Ruins
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al-Faluja was a Palestinian Arab village in the British Mandate for Palestine, located 30 kilometers northeast of . Al-Faluja absorbed settlers from various areas, including .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Even Shemu’el and Gath.

Village
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Even Shmuel is a religious Zionist village in southern . Located around four kilometres south of Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 2,006. is situated 3½ km south of Kiryat Gat.

Village
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Gat is a kibbutz in southern . Located near Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 941.

Village
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is a moshav in south-central . Located in Hevel Lakhish, about three kilometres east of Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lakhish Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 678.

Kiryat Gat

Latitude
31.6072° or 31° 36′ 26″ north
Longitude
34.7727° or 34° 46′ 22″ east
Population
61,800
Elevation
133 metres (436 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IL QYT
Open location code
8G3PJQ4F+V3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25650651
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
293842
Wiki­data ID
Q152406
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Kiryat Gat” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قسطينة أ”
  • Arabic: “قسطينة”
  • Arabic: “كريات جات”
  • Arabic: “كريات چات”
  • Arabic: “كريات غات”
  • Armenian: “Կիրյաթ Գաթ”
  • Asturian: “Kiryat Gat”
  • Bavarian: “Kirjat Gat”
  • Belarusian: “Кір’ят-Гат”
  • Catalan: “Gat”
  • Catalan: “Qiryat Gat”
  • Cebuano: “Qiryat Gat”
  • Chinese: “水牛城”
  • Chinese: “迦特村”
  • Chinese: “迦特鎮”
  • Chinese: “迦特镇”
  • Czech: “Kirjat Gat”
  • Dutch: “Kirjat Gat”
  • Dutch: “Kiryat Gat”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كريات جات”
  • Esperanto: “Kirjat Gat”
  • Finnish: “Kirjat Gat”
  • French: “Kiryat Gat”
  • French: “Kiryat-Gat”
  • French: “Kyriat Gat”
  • Georgian: “კირიათ-გათი”
  • German: “Kiriath Gat”
  • German: “Kirjat Gat”
  • German: “Kiryat Gat”
  • Greek: “Κιριάτ Γκατ”
  • Hebrew: “קריית גת”
  • Hebrew: “קרית גת”
  • Hebrew: “קִרְיַת גַּת”
  • Hebrew: “קרית-גת”
  • Indonesian: “Kiryat Gat”
  • Interlingue: “Kiryat Gat”
  • Italian: “Kiryat Gat”
  • Japanese: “キルヤット・ガット”
  • Japanese: “キルヤット・ガト”
  • Lithuanian: “Kirjat Gatas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kiryat Gat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Qiryat Gat”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kiryat Gat”
  • Norwegian: “Kiryat Gat”
  • Persian: “کریات گت”
  • Polish: “Kirjat Gat”
  • Polish: “Qiryat Gat”
  • Portuguese: “Kiryat Gat”
  • Portuguese: “Qiryat Gat”
  • Russian: “Кирьят Гат”
  • Russian: “Кирьят-Гат”
  • Scots: “Kiryat Gat”
  • Serbian: “Kirjat Gat”
  • Serbian: “Кирјат Гат”
  • Serbian: “קריית גת”
  • Slovak: “Kirjat Gat”
  • Slovak: “Kiryat Gat”
  • Spanish: “Kiryat Gat”
  • Spanish: “Qiryat Gat”
  • Swahili: “Kiryat Gat”
  • Swedish: “Qiryat Gat”
  • Tagalog: “Kiryat Gat”
  • Turkish: “Kiryat Gat”
  • Ukrainian: “Кір’ят-Гат”
  • Ukrainian: “Кір’ят-Ґат”
  • Urdu: “قریت گت”
  • Urdu: “قسطینہ”
  • Urdu: “کریات جات”
  • Urdu: “کریات گات”
  • Vietnamese: “Kiryat Gat”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kiryat Gat”
  • Yiddish: “קריית גת”
  • Yiddish: “קרית גת”

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Notable Places Nearby

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