Ashkelon

Ashkelon is a town in , and has about 148,000 residents. Ashkelon is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Barzilai Medical Center and Shikma Prison.

Hospital
Photo: Eman, Public domain.
is a 600-bed district general hospital in , opened in 1961. The hospital serves a population of 500,000, including a large number of Ethiopian and Russian immigrants, and has more than 100,000 admissions annually.

Prison
is an Israeli prison located in . There are many Palestinian prisoners there including the engineer Dirar Abu Sisi who was kidnapped in in February 2011. Among the former prisoners is Israeli scientist Mordechai Vanunu.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The railway station is a railway station that is located in , . It is the southern terminus of the Binyamina–– and the –– suburban lines. is situated 2½ km east of Ashkelon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ashkelon and Bat Hadar.

Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Ashqelon Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן Arabic عسقلان ˁAsqalān; is a city on the Mediterranean coast of , 50 km to the south of .

Village
Photo: Ditiha, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a community settlement in southern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 643. is situated 3½ km southeast of Ashkelon.

Village
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Be'er Ganim is a community settlement in southern . It falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council and had a population of 2,890 in 2024. is situated 4 km northeast of Ashkelon.

Ashkelon

Latitude
31.67415° or 31° 40′ 27″ north
Longitude
34.57719° or 34° 34′ 38″ east
Population
148,000
Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)
Open location code
8G3PMHFG+MV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1213129792
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Ashkelon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “عسقلان”
  • French: “Ascalon”
  • German: “Aschkelon”
  • Hebrew: “אשקלון”
  • Russian: “Ашкелон”
  • Serbian: “Ашкелон”
  • Spanish: “Ascalón”
  • Ukrainian: “Ашкелон”

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Localities in the Area

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