Shikma 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.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ashkelon and Barzilai Medical Center.
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 1½ km northeast of Shikma Prison.
Barzilai Medical Center
Hospital
Photo: Eman, Public domain.
Barzilai Medical Center is a 600-bed district general hospital in Ashkelon, Israel 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. Barzilai Medical Center is situated 3½ km west of Shikma Prison.
Kfar Silver
School
Kfar Silver is a youth village in southern Israel. Located near Ashkelon, the village falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 253. Kfar Silver is situated 2 km northeast of Shikma Prison.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bat Hadar and Mash’en.
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.
Mash’en
Village
Photo: Ditiha, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mash'en is a moshav in southern Israel. Located near Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 946. Mash’en is situated 3 km east of Shikma Prison.
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 3 km east of Shikma Prison.
Shikma Prison
- Type: Prison
- Description: Prison in Ashkelon, Israel
- Category: government building
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.66421° or 31° 39′ 51″ northLongitude
34.59569° or 34° 35′ 45″ eastOpen location code
8G3PMH7W+M7OpenStreetMap ID
way 448808000OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prisonWikidata ID
Q1379306
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Shikma Prison” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سجن شيكمة”
- Arabic: “شكمة”
- Catalan: “Presó d’Ascaló”
- Catalan: “Presó de Shikma”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سجن شيكمه”
- French: “prison de Shikma”
- French: “Prison de Shikma”
- German: “Schikma-Gefängnis”
- Hebrew: “בית סוהר שקמה”
- Hebrew: “כלא שקמה”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shikma-fengselet”
- Norwegian: “Shikma-fengselet”
- Spanish: “Prision de Shikma”
- Spanish: “Prisión de Shikma”
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