Ashdod

E63569
archaeological site city populated place seaport

Ashdod is a major coastal city in southern Israel that serves as an important cultural and religious hub, including for the Karaite Jewish community.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Tel Ashdod 1
Port of Ashdod 0

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
city ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
seaport ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
distanceTo about 20 km north of Ashkelon ⓘ
about 32 km south of Tel Aviv ⓘ
about 53 km west of Jerusalem ⓘ
governingBody Ashdod Municipality ⓘ
hasAncientSite Ashdod self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tel Ashdod
hasBeach Ashdod beaches ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Ashdod Art Museum ⓘ
Ashdod Performing Arts Center ⓘ
Monart Center for the Arts ⓘ
hasIndustrialArea Port industrial zone ⓘ
southern industrial zone ⓘ
hasMunicipalityStatus city ⓘ
hasPopulationOver 200000 ⓘ
250000 ⓘ
hasPort Port of Ashdod ⓘ
hasReligiousInstitution Karaite community center ⓘ
Karaite synagogue ⓘ
hasSignificantCommunity Karaite Jews ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity 1968 ⓘ
isAmongLargestPortsIn Israel ⓘ
isCoastalCity true ⓘ
isCulturalCenter true ⓘ
isMajorPortOf Israel ⓘ
isPortCity true ⓘ
isReligiousCenterFor Karaite Jews ⓘ
surface form: Karaite Judaism
locatedIn Southern District, Israel ⓘ
locatedInHistoricRegion Philistia ⓘ
locatedNear Ashdod self-linksurface differs ⓘ
locatedOn Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
mayorTitle Mayor of Ashdod ⓘ
mentionedIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
modernCityFounded 1956 ⓘ
partOf Southern District, Israel ⓘ
surface form: southern Israel
populationRankInIsrael among largest cities ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivities commerce ⓘ
industry ⓘ
services ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
timeZone Israel Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +2 ⓘ
utcOffsetDst +3 ⓘ
wasPhilistineCity true ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ashdod → hasAncientSite → Ashdod self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tel Ashdod
Ashdod → locatedNear → Ashdod self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Tel Ashdod