Ashdod (Hebrew: אַשְׁדּוֹד 
(audio) (help·info); Arabic: اشدود, إسدود Isdud), is the fift-lairgest ceety in Israel, locatit in the Soothren Destrict o the kintra, on the Mediterranean coast, locatit 32 kilometres (20 mi) sooth o Tel Aviv an 20 kilometres (12 mi) north o Ashkelon an 53 kilometres (33 mi) wast o Jerusalem. Ashdod is an important regional industrial center. The Port o Ashdod is Israel's lairgest port accoontin for 60% o the kintra's importit guids.
Ashdod
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | ʔašdod |
 Skyline o Ashdod | |
 Banner .png) Coat o Airms | |
  Ashdod | |
| Coordinates: 31°48′0″N 34°39′0″E | |
| Foondit | 1956 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Ceety (frae 1968) |
| • Mayor | Yehiel Lasri |
| Area | |
| • Total | 47.242 km2 (18.240 sq mi) |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 220,174 |
| • Density | 4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
The first documentit dounset in Ashdod dates tae the Canaanite cultur o 17t century BC,[2] makin the ceety ane o the auldest in the warld. Ashdod is mentioned 13 times in the Bible. Durin its history the ceety wis settled bi Philistines, Israelites, Byzantines, Crusaders an Arabs.[3]
Modren Ashdod wis establisht in 1956 on the saund hills near the site o the auncient toun, an incorporatit as a ceety in 1968, wi a land-aurie o approximately 60 square kilometers (23.2 sq mi). Bein a planned ceety, expansion follaed a main development plan, which facilitatit traffeck an preventit air pollution in the residential auries, despite population growthe. Ashdod haed a population o 220,174 in 2015, wi an aurie o 47,242 dunam (47.242 km2; 18.240 sq mi).[4]
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