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Western Galilee
Northern District

Akko

Akko, also known historically to Arabs as عكّا and Westerners as Acre, lies on the northern edge of the Bay of Acre in northern and receives many Baha'i pilgrims.
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  • Type: Town with 51,400 residents
  • Description: city in Israel
  • Also known as: “‘Akká”, “‘Akko”, “Acre”, “Acre, Israel”, “Akka”, “Akkia”, “Akre”, and “St. Jean d’Acre”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Al Jazzar Mosque and Acre.

Mosque
Photo: BoazBrill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The el-Jazzar Mosque, also known as the White Mosque of Acre, is located on el-Jazzar Street inside the walls of the old city of Acre, Israel, overlooking the eastern Mediterranean Sea, and is named after the Ottoman Bosnian governor Ahmad Pasha el-Jazzar.

Railway station
Photo: Tomer chelouche, Public domain.
railway station is an Israel Railways passenger station serving the city of and the surrounding towns and villages.

Mosque
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
The al-Muallak Mosque also known as the Mosque of Zahir al-Umar is a , located in Acre, in the northern district of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bustan HaGalil and Ein HaMifratz.

Village
Photo: Almog, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a moshav in the Western Galilee in northern . Located near Acre, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. As of 2023 its population was 1,024.

Village
Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a kibbutz south of Acre in northern . Located on the Mediterranean coast, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. As of 2023 it had a population of 885.

Village
Photo: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a kibbutz in northern . Located in the western Galilee on the coastal highway just north of Acre, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 715.

Akko

Latitude
32.9282° or 32° 55′ 41″ north
Longitude
35.0756° or 35° 4′ 32″ east
Population
51,400
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
United Nations Location Codes
IL ACR and IL AKK
Open location code
8G4QW3HG+77
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278473852
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
295721
Wiki­data ID
Q126084
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Akko” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Akka”
  • Afrikaans: “Akko”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἄκη”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἀντιόχεια Πτολεμαΐς”
  • Arabic: “عكا”
  • Arabic: “عكو”
  • Arabic: “مدينة عكا”
  • Armenian: “Աքքա”
  • Armenian: “Սեն-Ժան դ’Ակռ,”
  • Asturian: “Acre”
  • Azerbaijani: “Akka”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əkka”
  • Bashkir: “Акә”
  • Basque: “Akre”
  • Belarusian: “Ака”
  • Belarusian: “Акра”
  • Bengali: “একে”
  • Betawi: “Aka”
  • Breton: “Akko”
  • Bulgarian: “Акия”
  • Bulgarian: “Акко”
  • Bulgarian: “Акра”
  • Bulgarian: “Сен Жан д’Акр”
  • Bulgarian: “Сен Жан д’Акър”
  • Catalan: “Acre”
  • Catalan: “Akka”
  • Catalan: “Akko”
  • Catalan: “Ako”
  • Catalan: “Ciutat d’Acre”
  • Catalan: “Fortalesa d’Acre”
  • Catalan: “Sant Joan d’Acre”
  • Catalan: “St. Joan d’Acre”
  • Cebuano: “‘Akko”
  • Central Kurdish: “عەکا”
  • Chechen: “Ӏакка”
  • Chinese: “阿卡”
  • Chinese: “阿卡老城”
  • Chinese: “阿科”
  • Chuvash: “Акко”
  • Croatian: “Ako”
  • Croatian: “Akra”
  • Czech: “‘Akká”
  • Czech: “Akko”
  • Czech: “Akkon”
  • Danish: “Akko”
  • Danish: “Ptolemais”
  • Dutch: “Akká”
  • Dutch: “Akko (stad)”
  • Dutch: “Akko”
  • Dutch: “Ptolemais”
  • Dutch: “Ptolemaïs”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عكا”
  • Esperanto: “Akko”
  • Esperanto: “Akkon”
  • Estonian: “Akko”
  • Estonian: “Akkon”
  • Finnish: “Akko”
  • Finnish: “Ptolemais”
  • French: “Accre”
  • French: “Acre”
  • French: “Saint Jean d’Acre”
  • French: “Saint-Jean d’Acre”
  • French: “Saint-Jean-d’Acre”
  • French: “St-Jean-d’Acre”
  • Galician: “Acre, Israel”
  • Galician: “Acre”
  • Galician: “עכו”
  • Georgian: “აკო”
  • Georgian: “აკრა”
  • Georgian: “აქო”
  • Georgian: “სენ-ჟან-დ’აკრი”
  • German: “Accho”
  • German: “Akko”
  • German: “Akkon”
  • German: “St. Jean d’Acre”
  • German: “ʿAkka”
  • Greek: “Ακρ”
  • Greek: “Άκρα”
  • Greek: “Αντιόχεια”
  • Gujarati: “એકર”
  • Hebrew: “עכו”
  • Hebrew: “עַכּוֹ”
  • Hindi: “आकरे”
  • Hindi: “एकड़”
  • Hungarian: “Akko”
  • Icelandic: “Akrsborg” (historical)
  • Ido: “Akko”
  • Indonesian: “‘Akka”
  • Indonesian: “Acre”
  • Indonesian: “Akka”
  • Indonesian: “Akko”
  • Italian: “Accho”
  • Italian: “Acco”
  • Italian: “Acri”
  • Italian: “Akko”
  • Italian: “Akkon”
  • Italian: “S. Giovanni d’Acri”
  • Italian: “San Giovanni d’Acri”
  • Japanese: “アッカー”
  • Japanese: “アッコ”
  • Japanese: “アッコー”
  • Japanese: “アッコン”
  • Japanese: “アッコ旧市街”
  • Japanese: “サン＝ジャン＝ダクレ”
  • Kannada: “ಎಕರೆ”
  • Korean: “아코”
  • Korean: “아크레”
  • Kurdish: “Eka”
  • Ladino: “Akko”
  • Ladino: “Akre”
  • Latin: “Acco”
  • Latin: “Accon”
  • Latin: “Antiochia”
  • Latin: “Ptolemais”
  • Latvian: “Akko”
  • Latvian: “Ako”
  • Lithuanian: “Akas”
  • Lithuanian: “Akrė”
  • Macedonian: “Ако”
  • Malay: “Acre”
  • Malay: “Akko”
  • Malayalam: “ഏക്കർ, ഇസ്രയേൽ”
  • Malayalam: “ഏക്കർ”
  • Maltese: “Acre”
  • Manx: “Acre, Israel”
  • Manx: “Acre”
  • Marathi: “एकर”
  • Mazanderani: “عکا”
  • Mingrelian: “აკო”
  • Moksha: “Акка”
  • Moksha: “Акко”
  • Mongolian: “Акко”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Acre”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Akersborg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Akko”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Akra”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St Jean D’Acre”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Acre”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akka”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akko”
  • Norwegian: “Akko”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sant Joan d’Acre”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Acco”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Acre”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Akko”
  • Persian: “عكا”
  • Persian: “عکا”
  • Polish: “Akka”
  • Polish: “Akko”
  • Polish: “Akkon”
  • Polish: “Akri”
  • Portuguese: “Acre”
  • Portuguese: “Akka”
  • Portuguese: “Akko”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade Antiga de Acre”
  • Portuguese: “Ptolemaida”
  • Portuguese: “Ptolemais da Fenícia”
  • Portuguese: “Ptolemais”
  • Portuguese: “S. João de Acre”
  • Portuguese: “São João D’Acre”
  • Portuguese: “São João de Acre”
  • Romanian: “Acra”
  • Romanian: “Acre”
  • Russian: “Акка”
  • Russian: “Акко”
  • Russian: “Аккон”
  • Russian: “Акра”
  • Russian: “Птолемаида”
  • Russian: “Сен-Жан д’Акр”
  • Scots: “Acre, Israel”
  • Scots: “Acre”
  • Serbian: “Ako”
  • Serbian: “Ако”
  • Serbian: “Акра”
  • Serbian: “עכו”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Akko”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ako”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Akra”
  • Sicilian: “San Giuvanni d’Acri”
  • Silesian: “Akka”
  • Sinhala: “ඇක්රි”
  • Slovak: “Akko”
  • Slovenian: “Acre”
  • Slovenian: “Aka”
  • Slovenian: “Akka”
  • Slovenian: “Akko”
  • Slovenian: “Ako”
  • South Azerbaijani: “عکا”
  • Spanish: “Acre Israel”
  • Spanish: “Acre”
  • Spanish: “Akka”
  • Spanish: “Akko”
  • Swahili: “Akko”
  • Swedish: “‘Akká”
  • Swedish: “Accho”
  • Swedish: “Acco”
  • Swedish: “Akko”
  • Swedish: “Akkô”
  • Swedish: “Akkon”
  • Swedish: “S:t Jean d’Acre”
  • Swedish: “Saint Jean d’Acre”
  • Swedish: “Saint-Jean d’Acre”
  • Swedish: “ʿAkkā”
  • Swedish: “ʿAkko”
  • Swedish: “ʿAkkô”
  • Swiss German: “Akko”
  • Swiss German: “Akkon”
  • Tagalog: “Acre”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Acre”
  • Tamil: “அக்ரே”
  • Tamil: “ஏக்கர், இஸ்ரேல்”
  • Telugu: “ఏకర్”
  • Thai: “Acre”
  • Thai: “Akko”
  • Thai: “อัคโค”
  • Thai: “เอเคอร์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Akkon”
  • Turkish: “Akka”
  • Turkish: “Akkâ”
  • Turkish: “Akko”
  • Uighur: “ئەككا”
  • Ukrainian: “Акко”
  • Urdu: “عکا”
  • Urdu: “عکہ”
  • Uzbek: “Akka”
  • Uzbek: “Akko”
  • Vietnamese: “Akko”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Acre”
  • Welsh: “Acre, Palesteina”
  • Welsh: “Acre”
  • Welsh: “Akko”
  • Western Armenian: “Աքքա”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿卡 (以色列)”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿卡（以色列）”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿卡”
  • Yiddish: “עכו”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿卡”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Akko”. Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, CC BY 2.5.