Ashkelon

Ashkelon אַשְׁקְלוֹן‎
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	ʔašqlon
• Transleet.	Ašqəlon
• Forby spelt	Ashqelon (offeecial)
Ashkelon
Coordinates: 31°40′N 34°34′E / 31.667°N 34.567°E / 31.667; 34.567Coordinates: 31°40′N 34°34′E / 31.667°N 34.567°E / 31.667; 34.567
Destrict	Soothren
Govrenment
• Teep	Ceety
• Mayor	Benny Vaknin
Area
• Total	47.788 km2 (18.451 sq mi)
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	130,660
• Density	2,700/km2 (7,100/sq mi)
Website	www.ashkelon.muni.il

Ashkelon (also Ashqelon and Ascalon) (Hebrew: אַשְׁקְלוֹן‬ (audio) (help·info); Arabic: عسقلان (ˁAsqalān)‎; Laitin: Ascalonia; Akkadian: Isqalluna) is a coastal ceety in the Sooth Destrict o Israel on the Mediterranean coast, 50 kilometres (31 mi) sooth o Tel Aviv, an 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north o the border wi the Gaza Strip. The auncient seaport o Ashkelon dates back tae the Neolithic Age. In the course o its history, it haes been ruled bi the Canaanites, the Philistines, the Israelites, the Assiries, the Babylonians, the Greeks, the Phoenicians, the Romans, the Persians, the Egyptians an the Crusaders, till it wis destroyed bi the Mamluks in 1270. The Arab veelage o al-Majdal (Arabic: المجدل‎, Hebrew: אל-מג'דל, מגדל‎‎), wis established nearbi in the 16t century, unner Ottoman rule. In 1918, Ashkelon became pairt o the Breetish Mandate for Palestine. In the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Majdal wis the forrit position o the Egyptian Expeditionary Force based in Gaza.^[2] The veelage wis occupee'd bi Israeli forces on November 5, 1948, bi which time maist o the Arab population o 11,000 haed been forced tae leave. In 2015 the population o Ashkelon wis 130,660.

Ashkelon is twinned wi:

Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Ashkelon.

• Ashkelon Ceety Cooncil Archived 2006-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
• "Ashkelon, auncient ceety o the sea", National Geographic, January 2001
• Ancient Ashkelon Archived 2008-04-24 at the Wayback Machine—University of Chicago
• Pictures of Ashkelon—Holy Land Pictures

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