Ashkelon

**Ashkelon**
	city in Israel
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Instance of	city; administrative territorial entity; big city; depopulated Palestinian village;
Location	Ashkelon Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
Inception	950 BC;
Significant event	Siege of Ascalon; Battle of Ascalon; Siege of Ascalon;
Population	134,454 (2016);
Area	48 km²;
Elevation above sea level	10 m;
	31° 39′ 57″ N, 34° 33′ 59″ E
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	Q60956; VIAF ID: 144973534; GND ID: 4229349-2; Library of Congress authority ID: n88099077; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14509907n; IdRef ID: 118906941; National Library of Spain ID: XX5746973; J9U ID: 987007564803005171; OpenStreetMap node ID: 278476881
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High-rise residential development along the beach
Marina
Holiday Inn and 13th-century tomb of Sheikh Awad
Ashkelon is located in the 20–30 seconds' run to safety area due to BM-21 Grad rocket range
The Whale Tails by Aarele Ben Arieh
restored Canaanite city gate
archaeological site with artifacts from the Neolithic era

Panorama 2008