Ashdod Travelers guide

Ashdod | Good to know 16 Geographic, Topographical and Architectural structure Ashdod is located on the Mediterranean coast, in the southern part of the coastal plain, in an area that is also known as the Philistine coast . The city borders Ashkelon in the south, Yavne in the north, and Gan Yavne in the east, and the Lachish stream flows through it The source of the stream, which flows from south to north along the eastern boundary of the Ashdod Sands, is on the western slope of Mount Hebron, and it empties into the Mediterranean Sea in the northern part of the city, between Givat Yonah (Jonah's Hill) and The Port of Ashdod . The western part of the stream forms the jurisdictional boundary of the city, and its northern part stretches the boundary between the residential part of the city, its industrial area and the Port. Thanks to its strategic location on the ancient sea route , Ashdod served formanyperiods inhistory as amajor port city. The limited archaeological digs conducted in the area over the years revealed the remains of the port city which served Ashdod, the most important of the Philistine cities. Today, Ashdod-Yam (Tel-Ashdod) is one of the most prominent mounds on the Philistine coast. About five kilometers north to the site, on the city's shoreline, is a magnificent archaeological site with the remnants of a coastal fort, one of the most beautiful built in ancient Israel - The Ashdod-Yam Fort .