Kiryat Ekron

Kiryat Ekron 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 2024 it had a population of 11,283.
Wikipedia
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Village with 11,000 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Israel
  • Also known as: “‘Āqir”, “‘Eqron”, “Akir”, “Kefar ‘Eqron”, “Kyriat Ekron”, “Qiryat ‘Eqron”, “Qiryat `Eqron”, “Qiryat Eqron”, “Qiryath Eqron”, “כפר עקרון”, and “עקיר”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Kaplan Hospital and Tel Nof Airbase.

Hospital
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kaplan Medical Center is a district general hospital…

Aerodrome
Photo: Israel Defense Forces, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known as Air Force Base… is situated 3 km south of Kiryat Ekron.

Railway station
Photo: Avi1111, CC BY-SA 4.0.
railway station is an Israel Railways… is situated 3½ km southeast of Kiryat Ekron.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ganei Yohanan and Kfar Bilu.

Village
is a moshav in central .

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
is a moshav in central .

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
is a local council in …

Kiryat Ekron

Latitude
31.86079° or 31° 51′ 39″ north
Longitude
34.82334° or 34° 49′ 24″ east
Population
11,000
Elevation
58 metres (190 feet)
UN/LOCODE
IL HM2
Open location code
8G3PVR6F+88
Open­Street­Map ID
node 275283315
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
294552
Wiki­data ID
Q2640159
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Kiryat Ekron” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كريات عكرون”
  • Catalan: “Kiryat Ekron”
  • Chinese: “埃克龍鎮”
  • Chinese: “基列以革倫”
  • Czech: “Kirjat Ekron”
  • Dutch: “Kiryat Ekron”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كريات عكرون”
  • Finnish: “Kirjat Ekron”
  • French: “Kiryat Ekron”
  • German: “Kirjat Ekron”
  • German: “Kiryat Ekron”
  • Hebrew: “קריית עקרון”
  • Hebrew: “קרית עקרון”
  • Hebrew: “קִרְיַת עֶקְרוֹן”
  • Italian: “Kiryat Ekron”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kiryat Ekron”
  • Persian: “کریات اکرون”
  • Polish: “Kirjat Ekron”
  • Polish: “Kiryat Ekron”
  • Russian: “Кирьят-Экрон”
  • Scots: “Kiryat Ekron”
  • Spanish: “Kiryat Ekron”
  • Turkish: “Kiryat Ekron”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Kiryat Ekron and Kfar Bilu B.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Kiryat Ekron and Har Shivtei Yisrael.

Israel: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Tel Aviv and Nazareth.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.