Ashdod City

Ashdod located in the South District of Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea coast, is a city of over 200,000 people located in Israel mediterian sea. Ashdod is an important regional industrial center. The Port of Ashdod is Israel's largest port accounting for sixty percent of the country's imported goods. Ashdod had a population of 207,000 at the end of 2007, the fifth largest city in Israel. During the history the city was settled by Philistines, Israelites, Byzantines, Crusaders and Arabs.Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye