ASHKELON

Southern District · ISRAEL (IL) · 31.67°N / 34.57°E

ADM1 · ID GeoNames 295,620

Ashkelon is a city in Israel with a population of 144,073. It sits at 31.67/34.57, runs on Asia/Jerusalem, is 3 km from Bat Hadar.

Population 144,073

Place Type Populated Place

Elevation n/a

Timezone Asia/Jerusalem

All facts

fields

Country: Israel
Subdivision: Southern District
Coords: 31.67°N / 34.57°E
UTC offset: +2
DST: Observed

Proximity

nearest 10 · within 50 km

SE Bat Hadar Southern District 760 3.4 km

NE Be'er Ganim Southern District 1,295 5.0 km

SE Bet Shiqma Southern District 863 5.0 km

E Mash‘én Southern District 1,064 5.1 km

E Berekhya Southern District 1,274 5.2 km

SE Ge’a Southern District 970 5.6 km

E Nir Yisra’el Southern District 877 6.6 km

SE Talmé Yafe Southern District 818 7.0 km

SW Ziqim Southern District 852 8.4 km

S Yad Mordekhay Southern District 737 9.0 km

Air access

nearby

LLHS

Hatzor Air Base

Small airport

18.0 km

LLEK

Tel Nof Air Base

Medium airport

30.3 km

LLRS

Rishon Lezion Airfield

Small airport

37.3 km

BEV

Beersheba (Teyman) Airport

Small airport

44.8 km

TLV

Ben Gurion International Airport

Large airport

48.3 km

Universities

linked

Ashkelon Academic College

ash-college.ac.il

FAQ

3 questions

What is the population of Ashkelon?: 144,073 people, per GeoNames.
Which timezone is Ashkelon in?: Asia/Jerusalem.
Which country is Ashkelon in?: Israel (IL).

Get this page as JSON

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$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/cities/295620

{
  "data": {
    "id": 295620,
    "name": "Ashkelon",
    "ascii_name": "Ashkelon",
    "country_code": "IL",
    "population": 144073,
    "elevation": null,
    "timezone_id": "Asia/Jerusalem",
    "feature_class": "P",
    "feature_code": "PPL",
    "latitude": 31.66926,
    "longitude": 34.57149
  }
}