Israel
Israeli Coastal Plain
Central District

Mazkeret Batya

Mazkeret Batya is a local council in located southeast of and 25 kilometres from . Mazkeret Batya spans an area of 7,440 dunams. In 2023 it had a population of 16,382. The mayor of Mazkeret Batya is Gaby Gaon.
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  • Type: Town with 11,000 residents
  • Description: town in central Israel
  • Also known as: “‘Eqrōn”, “Ekron”, and “Mazkeret Batyah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tel Nof Airbase and Mazkeret Batya.

Aerodrome
Photo: Israel Defense Forces, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known as Air Force Base 8, is the oldest and main base of the Israeli Air Force located 5 km south of , in the center of .

Railway station
Photo: Avi1111, CC BY-SA 4.0.
railway station is an Israel Railways passenger station situated on the railway to Beersheba.

Scenic viewpoint
Gibbethon or Gibbeton was a biblical city in the land of Canaan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kiryat Ekron and Yatzitz.

Village
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Qiryath Eqron is a town located on the coastal plain in the of Israel. Located immediately south of the city of on Highway 411 next to the Bilu Junction, in 2023 it had a population of 11,288.

Village
Photo: Ravit, Public domain.
is a moshav in central . Located in the around seven kilometres south of Ramle and covering roughly 2,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2023 it had a population of 1,026.

Village
Beit El'azari is a moshav in central Israel. Located three miles south of the city of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Brenner Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,601. is situated 4 km west of Mazkeret Batya.

Mazkeret Batya

Latitude
31.8514° or 31° 51′ 5″ north
Longitude
34.8412° or 34° 50′ 28″ east
Population
11,000
Elevation
75 metres (246 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IL MBA
Open location code
8G3PVR2R+HF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 267609808
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
294303
Wiki­data ID
Q1914736
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Mazkeret Batya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كفار عقرون”
  • Arabic: “مزكيرت باتيا”
  • Armenian: “Մազքերթ Բաթյա”
  • Cebuano: “Mazkeret Batya”
  • Chinese: “马兹凯雷特巴特亚”
  • Chinese: “麥紮奇納特巴特雅”
  • Czech: “Mazkeret Batja”
  • Czech: “Mazkeret Batya”
  • Dutch: “Mazkeret Batya”
  • Finnish: “Mazkeret Batya”
  • French: “Mazkeret Batya”
  • German: “Mazkeret Batja”
  • German: “Mazkeret Batya”
  • Hebrew: “מזכרת בתיה”
  • Hebrew: “מזכרת-בתיה”
  • Moksha: “Мазкэрэт Батья”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mazkeret Batya”
  • Polish: “Mazkeret Batja”
  • Polish: “Mazkeret Batya”
  • Russian: “Мазкерет-Батья”
  • Scots: “Mazkeret Batya”
  • Spanish: “Mazkeret Batya”
  • Swedish: “Mazkeret Batya”
  • Ukrainian: “Мазкерет Батья”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mazkeret Batya”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.