Kiryat Ekron

Kiryat Ekron קִרְיַת עֶקְרוֹן‎
Local council
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Qiryat ʕeqron
• Also spelled	Qiryath Eqron (official)
Coat of arms
Kiryat Ekron
Coordinates: 31°51′39.48″N 34°49′23″E / 31.8609667°N 34.82306°E / 31.8609667; 34.82306
Country	Israel
District	Central
Founded	1948
Government
• Head of Municipality	Ilan Yarimi[1]
Area
• Total	2,313 dunams (2.313 km2 or 572 acres)
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	10,993
• Density	4,800/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Ethnicity [2]
• Jews and others	99.3%
• Arabs	0.7%

Kiryat Ekron or Qiryath Eqron (Hebrew: קִרְיַת עֶקְרוֹן) is a town located on the coastal plain in the Central District of Israel. Located immediately south of the city of Rehovot on Highway 411 next to the Bilu Junction, in 2022 it had a population of 10,993.^[2]