Middle East
Israel
Central District

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 2023 it had a population of 11,288.
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  • Type: Village with 11,000 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Israel
  • Also known as: “‘Āqir”, “‘Eqron”, “Akir”, “Kefar ‘Eqron”, “Qiryat ‘Eqron”, “Qiryat `Eqron”, “Qiryath Eqron”, and “עקיר”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kaplan Hospital and Tel Nof Airbase.

Hospital
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kaplan Medical Center is a district general hospital in , , located in the south of the city next to Bilu Junction. It is owned and operated by .

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 . is situated 3 km south of Kiryat Ekron.

Railway station
Photo: Avi1111, CC BY-SA 4.0.
railway station is an Israel Railways passenger station situated on the railway to Beersheba. 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 . Located in the near , it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2023 it had a population of 770.

Village
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is a moshav in central . Located between and Kiryat Ekron, it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2023 it had a population of 1,202.

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is a local council in located southeast of and 25 kilometres from . spans an area of 7,440 dunams. In 2023 it had a population of 16,382. The mayor of is Gaby Gaon.

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)
United Nations Location Code
IL HM2
Open location code
8G3PVR6F+88
Open­Street­Map ID
node 275283315
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
294552
Wiki­data ID
Q2640159
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In Other Languages

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

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