Akko
Akko, also known historically to Arabs as عكّا and Westerners as Acre, lies on the northern edge of the Bay of Acre in northern Israel and receives many Baha'i pilgrims.Photo: CristianChirita, GPL.
Photo: ויקיג'אנקי, CC BY 2.5.
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Notable Places in the Area
Al Jazzar Mosque
Mosque
Photo: BoazBrill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The el-Jazzar Mosque, also known as the White Mosque of Acre, is located on el-Jazzar Street inside…
Acre
Railway station
Photo: Tomer chelouche, Public domain.
Acre railway station is an Israel Railways passenger station serving the city of Acre and the surrounding towns and villages.
Acre Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
Akko Light or Acre Light, is an active lighthouse in the port of Acre, Israel.
Localities in the Area
Bustan HaGalil
Village
Photo: Almog, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bustan HaGalil is a moshav in the Western Galilee in northern Israel.
Ein HaMifratz
Village
Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ein HaMifratz is a kibbutz near Acre in northern Israel.
Shomrat
Village
Photo: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shomrat is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the western Galilee on the coastal highway just north of Acre, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council.
Akko
- Type: City with 49,400 residents
- Description: city in Israel
- Categories: UNESCO World Heritage Site and locality
- Location: Northern District, Western Galilee, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Akko Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Akka
- Afrikaans: Akko
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ἀντιόχεια Πτολεμαΐς
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ἄκη
- Arabic: Acre
- Arabic: عكا
- Arabic: عكو
- Arabic: مدينة عكا
- Armenian: Աքքա
- Armenian: Սեն-Ժան դ’Ակռ,
- Asturian: Acre
- Azerbaijani: Akka
- Azerbaijani: Əkka
- Bashkir: Акә
- Basque: Akre
- Belarusian: Ака
- Belarusian: Акра
- Bengali: একে
- Breton: Akko
- Bulgarian: Акия
- Bulgarian: Акко
- Bulgarian: Акра
- Bulgarian: Сен Жан д'Акр
- Bulgarian: Сен Жан д'Акър
- Bulgarian: Сен Жан д’Акр
- Catalan: Acre
- Catalan: Akka
- Catalan: Akko
- Catalan: Ako
- Catalan: Ciutat d'Acre
- Catalan: Fortalesa d'Acre
- Catalan: Sant Joan d'Acre
- Catalan: Sant Joan d’Acre
- Catalan: St. Joan d’Acre
- Cebuano: ‘Akko
- Central Kurdish: عەکا
- Chechen: Ӏакка
- Chinese: 阿卡
- Chinese: 阿卡老城
- Chinese: 阿科
- Chuvash: Акко
- Croatian: Akra
- Czech: Akko
- Czech: Akkon
- Czech: ‘Akká
- Danish: Akko
- Danish: Ptolemais
- Dutch: Akko (stad)
- Dutch: Akko
- Dutch: Akká
- Dutch: Ptolemais
- Dutch: Ptolemaïs
- Egyptian Arabic: عكا
- English: Acre, Israel
- English: Acre
- English: Akka
- English: Akre
- English: St. Jean d'Acre
- English: ‘Akko
- English: ‘Akká
- Esperanto: Akko
- Esperanto: Akkon
- Estonian: Akko
- Estonian: Akkon
- Finnish: Akko
- Finnish: Ptolemais
- French: Accre
- French: Acre
- French: Saint-Jean-d'Acre
- French: Saint-Jean-d’Acre
- French: Saint-Jean d'Acre
- French: Saint-Jean d’Acre
- French: Saint Jean d’Acre
- French: St-Jean-d'Acre
- Galician: Acre, Israel
- Galician: Acre
- Galician: עכו
- Georgian: აკო
- Georgian: აკრა
- Georgian: აქო
- Georgian: სენ-ჟან-დ’აკრი
- German: Accho
- German: Akko
- German: Akkon
- German: St. Jean d'Acre
- German: St. Jean d’Acre
- German: ʿAkka
- Greek: Άκρα
- Greek: Ακρ
- Greek: Αντιόχεια
- Gujarati: એકર
- Hebrew: עַכּוֹ
- Hebrew: עכו
- Hindi: आकरे
- Hindi: एकड़
- Hungarian: Akko
- Icelandic (Historic): Akrsborg
- Ido: Akko
- Indonesian: 'Akka
- Indonesian: Acre
- Indonesian: Akka
- Indonesian: Akko
- Italian: Accho
- Italian: Acco
- Italian: Acri
- Italian: Akko
- Italian: Akkon
- Italian: S. Giovanni d'Acri
- Italian: San Giovanni d'Acri
- Japanese: アッカー
- Japanese: アッコ
- Japanese: アッコン
- Japanese: アッコー
- Japanese: アッコ旧市街
- Japanese: サン＝ジャン＝ダクレ
- Kannada: ಎಕರೆ
- Korean: 아코
- Korean: 아크레
- Kurdish: Eka
- Ladino: Akko
- Ladino: Akre
- Latin: Acco
- Latin: Antiochia
- Latin: Ptolemais
- Latvian: Akko
- Latvian: Ako
- Lithuanian: Akas
- Lithuanian: Akrė
- Macedonian: Ако
- Malay: Acre
- Malay: Akko
- Malayalam: ഏക്കർ, ഇസ്രയേൽ
- Malayalam: ഏക്കർ
- Maltese: Acre
- Manx: Acre, Israel
- Manx: Acre
- Marathi: एकर
- Mazanderani: عکا
- Mingrelian: აკო
- Moksha: Акко
- Mongolian: Акко
- Norwegian: Akko
- Norwegian Bokmål: Acre
- Norwegian Bokmål: Akersborg
- Norwegian Bokmål: Akko
- Norwegian Bokmål: Akra
- Norwegian Bokmål: St Jean D'Acre
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Acre
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Akka
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Akko
- Occitan (post 1500): Sant Joan d'Acre
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Acco
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Acre
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Akko
- Persian: عكا
- Persian: عکا
- Polish: Akka
- Polish: Akko
- Polish: Akkon
- Polish: Akri
- Portuguese: Acre
- Portuguese: Akka
- Portuguese: Akko
- Portuguese: Cidade Antiga de Acre
- Portuguese: Ptolemaida
- Portuguese: Ptolemais
- Portuguese: Ptolemais da Fenícia
- Portuguese: S. João de Acre
- Portuguese: São João D'Acre
- Portuguese: São João de Acre
- Romanian: Acra
- Romanian: Acre
- Russian: Акка
- Russian: Акко
- Russian: Аккон
- Russian: Акра
- Russian: Птолемаида
- Russian: Сен-Жан д’Акр
- Scots: Acre, Israel
- Scots: Acre
- Serbian: Ako
- Serbian: Ако
- Serbian: Акра
- Serbian: עכו
- Serbo-Croatian: Akko
- Serbo-Croatian: Ako
- Serbo-Croatian: Akra
- Sicilian: San Giuvanni d'Acri
- Silesian: Akka
- Sinhala: ඇක්රි
- Slovak: Akko
- Slovenian: Acre
- Slovenian: Aka
- Slovenian: Akka
- Slovenian: Akko
- South Azerbaijani: عکا
- Spanish: Acre
- Spanish: Acre Israel
- Spanish: Akka
- Spanish: Akko
- Swahili: Akko
- Swedish: 'Akká
- Swedish: Accho
- Swedish: Acco
- Swedish: Akko
- Swedish: Akkon
- Swedish: Akkô
- Swedish: S:t Jean d'Acre
- Swedish: Saint-Jean d'Acre
- Swedish: Saint Jean d'Acre
- Swedish: ʿAkko
- Swedish: ʿAkkô
- Swedish: ʿAkkā
- Swiss German: Akko
- Swiss German: Akkon
- Tagalog: Acre
- Tagalog: Lungsod ng Acre
- Tamil: அக்ரே
- Tamil: ஏக்கர், இஸ்ரேல்
- Telugu: ఏకర్
- Thai: Acre
- Thai: Akko
- Thai: อัคโค
- Thai: เอเคอร์
- Tosk Albanian: Akkon
- Turkish: Akka
- Turkish: Akko
- Turkish: Akkâ
- Uighur: ئەككا
- Ukrainian: Акко
- Urdu: عکا
- Urdu: عکہ
- Uzbek: Akka
- Uzbek: Akko
- Vietnamese: Akko
- Waray (Philippines): Acre
- Welsh: Acre, Palesteina
- Welsh: Acre
- Welsh: Akko
- Western Armenian: Աքքա
- Wu Chinese: 阿卡 (以色列)
- Wu Chinese: 阿卡
- Yiddish: עכו
- Akkia
- ‘Akka
- 阿卡（以色列）
Other Places Named Akko
In the Area
Akko is situated close to the neighbourhoods Kiriyat Volfson and Neot Yam.
- Menachem BeginSuburb
- Neve Yoni NetaniyahuSuburb
- Mishkenot HakeremNeighbourhood
- Neve AlonNeighbourhood
- Avraham DaninoNeighbourhood
- Tzfon HaKeremNeighbourhood
Popular Destinations in Western Galilee
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Akko. Photo: ויקיג'אנקי, CC BY 2.5.