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Ashdod

Ashdod is a city on the Mediterranean coast of , halfway between and . One of Israel's two industrial ports is here. It is Israel's busiest port, with 60% of all imports and exports passing through it.
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  • Type: Town with 226,000 residents
  • Description: city in Israel
  • Also known as: “Ashdod on the Sea”, “Ashdod Yam”, and “Ukreir”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ashdod’s museam Korin Maman and Yud-Alef Stadium.

Museum
Photo: Laliv g, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Museum of Philistine Culture is an archaeological museum in Ashdod. The museum is dedicated to the culture of the Philistines, the ancient people who inhabited the maritime part of Israel from the XII century BC.

Pitch
Photo: Yaakov2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a football in Ashdod, , that was built for local football sides Maccabi Ashdod, Beitar Ashdod and Hapoel Ashdod. The stadium was given the name "Yud-Alef" in 1973, after the eleven Israeli athletes murdered in the Munich massacre.

Square
Photo: מקף־עברי, CC0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shtulim and Qiryat Eitanim.

Village
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is a moshav in south-central . Located near Ashdod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 2,207. is situated 4 km southeast of Ashdod.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Ashdod

Latitude
31.7977° or 31° 47′ 52″ north
Longitude
34.653° or 34° 39′ 11″ east
Population
226,000
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
United Nations Location Codes
IL ASH, IL ASB, and IL OVO
Open location code
8G3PQMX3+35
Open­Street­Map ID
node 196303399
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
295629
Wiki­data ID
Q171639
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Ashdod” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Ashdod”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἄζωτος”
  • Arabic: “أسدود”
  • Arabic: “أشدود”
  • Arabic: “اشدود”
  • Armenian: “Աշդոդ”
  • Asturian: “Asdod”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aşdod”
  • Bashkir: “Ашдод”
  • Basque: “Axdod”
  • Belarusian: “Ашдод”
  • Bengali: “আশদোদ”
  • Betawi: “Asdud”
  • Bosnian: “Ašdod”
  • Bulgarian: “Ашдод”
  • Catalan: “Asdod”
  • Catalan: “Ashdod”
  • Catalan: “Ashod”
  • Catalan: “Azotus”
  • Cebuano: “Ashdod”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەشدۆد”
  • Chinese: “亚实突”
  • Chinese: “阿什杜德”
  • Chuvash: “Ашдод”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Aşdod”
  • Croatian: “Ašdod”
  • Czech: “Ašdod”
  • Danish: “Ashdod”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Eşdod”
  • Dutch: “Asdod”
  • Dutch: “Ashdod”
  • Dutch: “Asjdod”
  • Dutch: “Azotos”
  • Dutch: “Azotus”
  • Dutch: “Minat al-Qala”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اسدود”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اشدود”
  • Esperanto: “Aŝdod”
  • Estonian: “Ashdod”
  • Finnish: “Ashdod”
  • French: “Asdod”
  • French: “Ashdod”
  • French: “Azot”
  • French: “Azôt”
  • Galician: “Ashdod”
  • Georgian: “აშდოდი”
  • German: “Aschdod”
  • German: “Asdod”
  • German: “Ashdod”
  • Greek: “Ασντόντ”
  • Greek: “Ασντότ”
  • Greek: “Αστόντ”
  • Gujarati: “અશ્દોદ”
  • Hebrew: “אשדוד”
  • Hindi: “अशदोद”
  • Hindi: “अश्दोद”
  • Hungarian: “Asdód”
  • Indonesian: “Asdod”
  • Indonesian: “Ashdod”
  • Interlingue: “Ashdod”
  • Irish: “Aisdeod”
  • Italian: “Asdod”
  • Italian: “Ashdod”
  • Italian: “Ashod”
  • Japanese: “アシュドッド”
  • Japanese: “アシュドド”
  • Javanese: “Ashdod”
  • Kalaallisut: “Ashdod”
  • Kannada: “ಅಶ್ಡೊದ್”
  • Korean: “아슈도드”
  • Ladino: “Ashdod”
  • Latin: “Azotus”
  • Latvian: “Ašdoda”
  • Lithuanian: “Ašdodas”
  • Macedonian: “Ашдод”
  • Malagasy: “Ashdod”
  • Malay: “Ashdod”
  • Malayalam: “അഷ്ദോദ്”
  • Maltese: “Ashdod”
  • Manx: “Ashdod”
  • Marathi: “अशदोद”
  • Mingrelian: “აშდოდი”
  • Moksha: “Ашдод”
  • Mongolian: “Ашдод”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ashdod”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ashdod”
  • Norwegian: “Ashdod”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Īsdyd”
  • Ossetian: “Ашдод”
  • Persian: “اسدود”
  • Persian: “اشدود”
  • Persian: “اِشدود”
  • Persian: “بندر اشدود”
  • Polish: “Aszdod”
  • Portuguese: “Asdod”
  • Portuguese: “Asdode”
  • Portuguese: “Ashdod”
  • Romanian: “Aşdod”
  • Romanian: “Așdod”
  • Russian: “Аздод”
  • Russian: “Азот”
  • Russian: “Асдод”
  • Russian: “Ашдод”
  • Russian: “Исдуд”
  • Scots: “Ashdod”
  • Serbian: “Ašdod”
  • Serbian: “Ashdod”
  • Serbian: “Ашдод”
  • Serbian: “אשדוד”
  • Sinhala: “ඈශ්ඩොඩ්”
  • Slovenian: “Ašdod”
  • Spanish: “Asdod”
  • Spanish: “Ashdod”
  • Spanish: “Azoto”
  • Swahili: “Ashdod”
  • Swedish: “Ashdod”
  • Tagalog: “Ashdod”
  • Tamil: “அஸ்தோது”
  • Telugu: “అష్డోదు”
  • Thai: “อัชด็อด”
  • Turkish: “Aşdod”
  • Turkish: “Ashdod”
  • Ukrainian: “Азот”
  • Ukrainian: “Ашдод”
  • Ukrainian: “Ісдуд”
  • Urdu: “اشدود”
  • Venetian: “Ashdod”
  • Veps: “Ašdod”
  • Vietnamese: “Ashdod”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ashdod”
  • Welsh: “Ashdod”
  • Welsh: “Isdud”
  • Western Armenian: “Աշդոդ”
  • Wolof: “Asot”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿什杜德”
  • Yiddish: “אשדוד”
  • Yoruba: “Aṣdodu”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿什杜德”
  • Zeeuws: “Asjdod”

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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 “Ashdod”. Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.