Ashkelon
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ashkelon-189-11788201
title:
Ashkelon
text:
Ashkelon or Ashqelon is a coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast, 50 kilometres (30 mi) south of Tel Aviv, and 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of the border with the Gaza Strip. The modern city is named after the ancient seaport of Ascalon, which was destroyed in 1270 and whose remains are on the southwestern edge of the modern metropolis. The Israeli city, then known as Migdal, was founded in 1949 approximately 4 km inland from ancient Ascalon at the Palestinian t
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
City in Israel
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon
date created:
2002-06-07T19:25:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T15:12:19Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Ashkelon2022No1.jpg","width":2880,"height":2880}
fields total:
13
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16