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Lod

Lod, also known as Lydda and Lidd, is a city 15 km southeast of and 40 km northwest of in the of . It is situated between the lower on the east and the on the west.
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  • Type: Town with 77,200 residents
  • Description: city in Israel
  • Also known as: “al-Ludd”, “Lidd”, “Lod, Israel”, “Lot”, “Lūd”, and “Lydda”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Lod and Church of Saint George.

Railway station
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railway station is an Israel Railways station in , , served by most railway lines of Israel Railways. The station is located in the HaRakevet district of south .

Church
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The is a church, located in the city of Lod, . The church contains a sarcophagus venerated as the tomb of the fourth-century Christian martyr Saint George.

Prison
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, formerly known as Ramla Prison, is a maximum-security prison located in , Israel. It is managed by the Israel Prison Service. The prison was opened in 1950, and was built in the style of the Tegart forts from the British Mandate era.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ramla and Ahisamakh.

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, also known as Ramle, is a city in the of . Ramle is one of Israel's mixed cities, with significant numbers of both Jews and Arabs.

Village
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is a moshav in central . Located in the , it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2023 it had a population of 1,416.

Village
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is a moshav in the of . Located near Lod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Dan Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,128.

Lod

Latitude
31.9489° or 31° 56′ 56″ north
Longitude
34.8885° or 34° 53′ 19″ east
Population
77,200
Elevation
68 metres (223 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IL LOD
Open location code
8G3PWVXQ+H9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278473689
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
294421
Wiki­data ID
Q207540
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Lod” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Lod”
  • Arabic: “Lod”
  • Arabic: “اللد”
  • Arabic: “لد”
  • Arabic: “لدّ”
  • Armenian: “Լոդ (Իսրայել)”
  • Armenian: “Լոդ”
  • Asturian: “Lod”
  • Azerbaijani: “Lod”
  • Belarusian: “Лод”
  • Bengali: “লুদ শহর”
  • Catalan: “Lod”
  • Catalan: “Lodd”
  • Catalan: “Ludd”
  • Catalan: “Lydda”
  • Cebuano: “Lod”
  • Central Kurdish: “لۆد”
  • Chinese: “卢德”
  • Chinese: “盧德”
  • Czech: “Lod”
  • Danish: “Lod”
  • Danish: “Lydda”
  • Dutch: “Al-Lydd”
  • Dutch: “Diospolis”
  • Dutch: “Lod”
  • Dutch: “Lydda”
  • Dutch: “Lydea”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اللد”
  • Esperanto: “Lod”
  • Finnish: “Lod”
  • Finnish: “Lydda”
  • French: “Lod”
  • French: “Lydda”
  • Galician: “Lod”
  • Georgian: “ლოდი”
  • German: “Lod”
  • German: “Lydda” (historical)
  • Greek: “Λιντ”
  • Greek: “Λοντ”
  • Greek: “Λύδδα”
  • Hebrew: “דיוספוליס”
  • Hebrew: “לד”
  • Hebrew: “לוד”
  • Hebrew: “לוֹד”
  • Hindi: “लोद”
  • Hungarian: “Lod”
  • Indonesian: “Lod”
  • Interlingua: “Lydda”
  • Irish: “Lod”
  • Italian: “Diospoli”
  • Italian: “Lidda”
  • Italian: “Lod”
  • Japanese: “リッダ”
  • Japanese: “ロード”
  • Korean: “로드”
  • Latin: “Lydda”
  • Lithuanian: “Lida”
  • Lithuanian: “Lodas”
  • Macedonian: “Лод”
  • Malay: “Ludd”
  • Malayalam: “Lod”
  • Malayalam: “ലുദ്ദ്”
  • Malayalam: “ലോഡ്”
  • Minangkabau: “Lod”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lod”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lydda”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lod”
  • Norwegian: “Lod”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lod”
  • Persian: “لاد”
  • Persian: “لد، اسرائیل”
  • Polish: “Lidda”
  • Polish: “Lod”
  • Portuguese: “Diospolis”
  • Portuguese: “Dióspolis”
  • Portuguese: “Lida”
  • Portuguese: “Lod”
  • Romanian: “Lod”
  • Russian: “Георгиополь”
  • Russian: “Лидда”
  • Russian: “Лод”
  • Scots: “Lod”
  • Serbian: “Lod”
  • Serbian: “Лод”
  • Serbian: “לוד”
  • Slovak: “Lod”
  • Slovenian: “Lida”
  • Slovenian: “Lod”
  • Spanish: “Diospolis”
  • Spanish: “Lod”
  • Spanish: “Lydda”
  • Swahili: “Lod”
  • Swedish: “Lod”
  • Swedish: “Lydda”
  • Tagalog: “Lod”
  • Tajik: “Лод”
  • Turkish: “Lod”
  • Turkish: “Lud”
  • Ukrainian: “Георгіополь”
  • Ukrainian: “Лідда”
  • Ukrainian: “Лод”
  • Ukrainian: “Луд”
  • Urdu: “لد”
  • Vietnamese: “Lod”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lod”
  • Yiddish: “לוד”

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