Ashkelon

Summary

Ashkelon is a city^[1]. Ashkelon ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (637 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ashkelon is located in Ashkelon Subdistrict^[3].
• Ashkelon is in the country of Israel^[4].
• Ashkelon's image is recorded as Ashkelonskyline.jpg^[5].
• Ashkelon's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Ashkelon's instance of is recorded as administrative territorial entity^[7].
• Ashkelon's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Ashkelon's instance of is recorded as depopulated Palestinian village^[9].
• Ashkelon's official language is recorded as Hebrew^[10].
• Ashkelon's flag image is recorded as Flag of Ashkelon.svg^[11].
• Ashkelon's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of arms of Ashqelon.svg^[12].
• Ashkelon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Côte Saint-Luc^[13].
• Ashkelon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Xinyang^[14].
• Ashkelon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Iquique^[15].
• Ashkelon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Aix-en-Provence^[16].
• Ashkelon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Vani^[17].
• Ashkelon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kutaisi^[18].
• Ashkelon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Aviano^[19].
• Ashkelon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Pankow^[20].
• Ashkelon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Entebbe^[21].
• Ashkelon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Portland^[22].
• Ashkelon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Baltimore^[23].
• Ashkelon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sacramento^[24].
• Ashkelon's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 144973534^[25].
• Ashkelon's GND ID is recorded as 4229349-2^[26].
• Ashkelon's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88099077^[27].

Body

Geography

Ashkelon is in the country of Israel^[4]. Ashkelon is located in Ashkelon Subdistrict^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+134454'}^[28], {'amount': '+130660'}^[29], {'amount': '+137945'}^[30], {'amount': '+1100'}^[31], {'amount': '+5100'}^[32], and {'amount': '+11200'}^[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6], administrative territorial entity^[7], big city^[8], and depopulated Palestinian village^[9].

History and Context

-0950-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ashkelon^[34].

Why It Matters

Ashkelon ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (637 views/month).^[2] Ashkelon has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Ashkelon is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]