Ashdod

Ashdod ( ; , 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 dounset in Ashdod dates tae the Canaanite cultur o 17t century BC, 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.

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  in , wi an aurie o .

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Category:Arab veelages depopulatit in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
Category:Airchaeological steids in Israel

Category:Ceeties in Soothren Destrict (Israel)
Category:Ebreu Bible ceeties
Category:Mediterranean port ceeties an touns in Israel
Category:Mixed commonties in Mandatory Palestine
Category:Philistine ceeties
Category:Tells
Category:New touns stairtit in the 1950s