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Sderot
Sign in to saveSderot (, , ; , sometimes Romanized as "Sederot") is a western Negev city and former development town in the Southern District of Israel. In , it had a population of .
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Sderot is a city in Israel, situated within the Ashkelon Subdistrict of the Southern District. Established on January 1, 1951, the municipality covers an area of 4.47 square kilometers. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as 93 meters, with other measurements indicating 81 and 90 meters. The city’s population is listed as 26,500 in one source and 27,635 in another.
The location operates in the Asia/Jerusalem timezone. Sderot has been twinned with Antony and Steglitz-Zehlendorf. A significant event associated with the city is the Battle of Sderot.
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Place details
- Locality
- שדרות
- Region
- מחוז הדרום
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 27,635
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sderot
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City (from 1996)
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Hebrew
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- ISO 259
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- Śderot
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:PikiWiki Israel 40924 Yanchik Hill near kibbutz Nir Am.JPG
- Settlement.image_blank_emblem
- Coat of arms of Sderot.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Israel northwest negev#Israel
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Southern
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1951
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Alon Davidi
- Settlement.unit_pref
- dunam
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Name meaning
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Understand
Sderot has some tragic notoriety due to being very close to the Gaza Strip and thus one of the first targets of rockets when they are fired from the area towards Israel.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
~14 min read
Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- 20th century
- 21st century
- Demographics
- Economy
- Culture
- Transportation
- Education
- Urban forest
- Twin towns – sister cities
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Sderot (, , ; , sometimes Romanized as "Sederot") is a western Negev city and former development town in the Southern District of Israel. In , it had a population of .
Sderot is located less than a mile from Gaza (the closest point is ), and is notable for having been a major target of Qassam rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. Between 2001 and 2008, rocket attacks on the city killed 13 people, wounded dozens, caused millions of dollars in damage and profoundly disrupted daily life. Although rocket fire subsided after the Gaza War (2008–09), the city has come under rocket attack on occasion since that time.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sderot” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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