Kirjat Ekron
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| hebrew : | קִרְיַת עֶקְרוֹן | ||
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| District : | Central | ||
| Founded : | 1948 | ||
| Coordinates : | 31 ° 52 ' N , 34 ° 49' E | ||
| Height : | 55 m | ||
| Area : | 2.313 km² | ||
| Residents : | 10,999 (as of: 2018) | ||
| Population density : | 4,755 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Community code : | 0469 | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 2 | ||
| Community type: | Local association | ||
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Kirjat Ekron is a local association in the central district of Israel in the southern part of the greater Tel Aviv-Jaffa area , around 23 kilometers southeast of Tel Aviv and has a population of 10,999 (2018). It was named after the biblical Philistine city of Ekron , which was located a little further south at Kibbutz Revadim .
Population development
| year | 1955 | 1961 | 1972 | 1983 | 1995 | 2006 | 2012 | 2016 |
| Residents | 3,000 | 3,800 | 4,200 | 4,100 | 6,900 | 9,900 | 10,506 | 10,802 |
Town twinning
Kirjat Ekron has a partnership with Bussy-Saint-Georges near Paris ( France ) and with Akron in Ohio ( USA ).
gallery
Place in Kirjat Ekron.
Memorial to the war victims of Kirjat Ekron.
Web links
Commons : Kirjat Ekron - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .