Ashdod
Ashdod (Ebreu: אַשְׁדּוֹד 
(audio)?; 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.
The first documentit settlement in Ashdod dates tae the Canaanite cultur o 17t century BC,[1] 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.[2]
Modren Ashdod wis establisht in 1956 on the sand 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). Being a planned ceety, expansion follaed a main development plan, which facilitatit traffic an preventit air pollution in the residential auries, despite population growth. Accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics, Ashdod haed a population o 206,400 at the end o 2009, the saxt lairgest ceety in Israel,[3] an haed an aurie o (47.242 km2; 18.240 sq mi).[4]
References [edit]
- ↑ M. Dotan (1990). Ashdod - Seven levels of excavations (in Hebrew). Israel: Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, Ashdod branch.
- ↑ O.Kolani, B.Raanan, M.Brosh, S.Pipano (1990). Events calendar in Israel and Ashdod (in Hebrew). Israel: Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, Ashdod branch.
- ↑ Table 3 - Population of Localities Numbering Above 2,000 Residents. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (2009-12-31). Retrieved on 28 Juin 2010. .
- ↑ Local Authorities in Israel 2005, Publication #1295 - Municipality Profiles - Ashdod. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved on 14 Apryle 2008. . (Ebreu)
