Ashqelon
Ashqelon (אשקלון; unofficially also spelled Ashkelon) is a city in the western Negev, southern part of Israel, It is just north of present-day Gaza, on the south-east coast of the Mediterranean Sea. There are about 110,000 citizens in the city, which was re-built in 1949.
The modern city has been built near the ancient ruins of Ashkelon which remain unoccupied.