Middle East
Israel
Northern District

Acre

Acre is a town in , and has about 56,000 residents. Acre is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near the neighborhood .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Acre Municipal Stadium and Al Jazzar Mosque.

Stadium
Photo: Little Savage, Public domain.
, also Toto Acre Stadium, is a soccer in , . It is the home ground of Hapoel Acre which plays in Liga Leumit, the second tier of the Israeli football league system.

Mosque
Photo: BoazBrill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The el-Jazzar Mosque, also known as the White Mosque of Acre, is located on el-Jazzar Street inside the walls of the old city of , Israel, overlooking the eastern Mediterranean Sea, and is named after the Ottoman Bosnian governor Ahmad Pasha el-Jazzar.

Bahá’í temple
Photo: Geagea, CC BY 4.0.
The Shrine of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá is the location in wherein the remains of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, one of the central figures of the Baháʼí Faith, will be reinterred.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Akko and Ein HaMifratz.

Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, CC BY 2.5.
, also known historically to Arabs as عكّا and Westerners as Acre, lies on the northern edge of the Bay of Acre in northern and receives many Baha'i pilgrims.

Village
Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a kibbutz south of in northern . Located on the Mediterranean coast, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. As of 2023 it had a population of 885.

Village
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is a kibbutz in northern . Located in Western Galilee near the Belus River and south of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2023, it had a population of 856. is situated 3 km southeast of Acre.

Acre

Latitude
32.91556° or 32° 54′ 56″ north
Longitude
35.08154° or 35° 4′ 54″ east
Population
56,000
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
8G4QW38J+6J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 816183676
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Acre” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “عكا”
  • French: “Acre”
  • Hebrew: “עכו”
  • Hindi: “एक्कर”
  • Italian: “Acri”
  • Russian: “Акко”
  • Ukrainian: “Акко”

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Highlights include #S12 and Old Acre Cemetery.

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