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Acre

Also known as Akko, Akka, St. Jean d'Acre, ‘Akká

city in Israel

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Acre is an ancient port city in northern Israel with a long history of human settlement and cultural significance. The city matters because it has been a strategically important Mediterranean harbor for thousands of years and remains a notable historical and cultural center in the region today.

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Place details

Locality: עכו
Region: מחוז הצפון
Country: ישראל
Population: 51,420
Timezone: Asia/Jerusalem

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Official name: عكّا
Population: 48900
Area: 22.99
Elevation: 10
Official website: www.akko.muni.il
Image: Aerial view of Acre 1.jpg
Dialing code: 972 4

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Commons category: Acre (city)
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native label: عكّا
inception: 1500-00-00
P12749: Altona-Nord
vocalized name: עַכּוֹ
postal code: 24038–24812

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Acre (/ˈɑːkər, ˈeɪkər/ AH-kər, AY-kər), known in Hebrew as Akko (Hebrew: עַכּוֹ, ʻAkkō, IPA: [ˈako]) and in Arabic as Akka (Arabic: عكّا, ʻAkkā, IPA: [ˈʕak.ka]), is a city in the coastal plain region of the Northern District of Israel.

The city occupies a strategic location, sitting in a natural harbour at the extremity of Haifa Bay on the coast of the Mediterranean's Levantine Sea. Aside from coastal trading, it was an important waypoint on the region's coastal road and the road cutting inland along the Jezreel Valley. The first settlement during the Early Bronze Age was abandoned after a few centuries but a large town was established during the Middle Bronze Age. Continuously inhabited since then, it is among the oldest continuously inhabited settlements on Earth. It has, however, been subject to conquest and destruction several times and survived as little more than a large village for centuries at a time.