Gan HaEm
Gan HaEm is a park in Southern District, Israel. Gan HaEm is situated nearby to the marketplace השוק העירוני אשקלון, as well as near the synagogue Ohel Mo’ed.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shikma Prison and Ashkelon.
Shikma Prison
Prison
Shikma Prison is an Israeli prison located in Ashkelon. There are many Palestinian prisoners there including the engineer Dirar Abu Sisi who was kidnapped in Ukraine in February 2011. Among the former prisoners is Israeli scientist Mordechai Vanunu. Shikma Prison is situated 1 km east of Gan HaEm.
Ashkelon
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ashkelon railway station is a railway station that is located in Ashkelon, Israel. It is the southern terminus of the Binyamina–Tel Aviv–Ashkelon and the Ra'anana–Rishon LeZion–Ashkelon suburban lines. Ashkelon is situated 2 km northeast of Gan HaEm.
Ashkelon Sports Arena
Sports venue
A.S. Ironi Ashkelon is a professional basketball team based in Ashkelon in south west Israel. The club currently plays in Israeli National League. The team is named after the late Itamar Sharvit, who has been Elizur Ashkelon's maintenance manager for 18 years. Ashkelon Sports Arena is situated 1½ km west of Gan HaEm.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ashkelon and Bat Hadar.
Ashkelon
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ashkelon or Ashqelon Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן Arabic عسقلان ˁAsqalān; is a city on the Mediterranean coast of Israel, 50 km to the south of Tel Aviv.
Bat Hadar
Village
Photo: Ditiha, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bat Hadar is a community settlement in southern Israel. Located near Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 643.
Berekhya
Village
Berekhya is a moshav in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council, within the Ashkelon Subdistrict of the Southern District of Israel. Located four kilometres east of Ashkelon. In 2024 it had a population of 1,308. Berekhya is situated 3½ km east of Gan HaEm.
Gan HaEm
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.66615° or 31° 39′ 58″ northLongitude
34.58743° or 34° 35′ 15″ eastOpen location code
8G3PMH8P+FXOpenStreetMap ID
way 124931650OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
“Gan HaEm” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “גן האם”
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