Akko
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Akko is an ancient port city in northern Israel known for its well-preserved Crusader and Ottoman architecture and its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Akko canonical | 17 |
| Akko (Acre) | 1 |
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
ⓘ
city ⓘ port city ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Acre
ⓘ
Akka ⓘ Saint-Jean-d’Acre ⓘ
surface form:
Saint-Jean d’Acre
Port of Akko ⓘ
surface form:
ʿAkko
|
| climate | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| demographics | mixed Jewish and Arab population ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
fishing
ⓘ
small-scale commerce ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Northern District, Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern District Administration of Israel
|
| governingBody | Acre Municipality ⓘ |
| hasCityPart |
New City of Akko
ⓘ
Old City of Akko ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| hasPort | Port of Akko ⓘ |
| heritageCriteria |
UNESCO cultural criteria (ii)
ⓘ
UNESCO cultural criteria (iii) ⓘ UNESCO cultural criteria (v) ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
British Mandate for Palestine
ⓘ
surface form:
British Mandate period
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Byzantine period
Late Bronze Age ⓘ
surface form:
Canaanite period
Crusader period ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
surface form:
Mamluk period
Ottoman period ⓘ Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form:
Phoenician period
Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form:
Roman period
|
| knownFor |
ancient port
ⓘ
historic walled old city ⓘ well-preserved Crusader architecture ⓘ well-preserved Ottoman architecture ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Northern District, Israel ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Galilee
ⓘ
surface form:
Western Galilee
|
| locatedOn | Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| mayor | Shimon Lankri ⓘ |
| nativeName |
עַכּוֹ
ⓘ
عكّا ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage |
Arabic
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Haifa ⓘ |
| notableStructure |
Al-Jazzar Mosque
ⓘ
Old City of Akko ⓘ
surface form:
Citadel of Akko
Krak des Chevaliers ⓘ
surface form:
Hospitaller Fortress
Khan al-Umdan ⓘ Old City walls ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman city walls
Templars’ Tunnel ⓘ |
| partOf |
Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Israel
|
| population | approximately 50,000 ⓘ |
| populationAsOf | early 2020s ⓘ |
| religiousSite |
Al-Jazzar Mosque
ⓘ
Christian churches in Akko ⓘ Synagogues of Akko ⓘ |
| timeZone | Israel Standard Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Israel Daylight Time ⓘ |
| transport |
Akko railway station
ⓘ
Highway 4 (Israel) ⓘ |
| UNESCOListingYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| wasCapitalOf |
Kingdom of Jerusalem
ⓘ
surface form:
Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem (de facto, 1191–1291)
|
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Akko (Acre)