Ashdod (Hebrew: אַשְׁדּוֹד‎ File:Loudspeaker.svg (audio)(help·info); Arabic: اشدود‎, إسدود Isdud), is the fifth-largest city in Israel, located in the Southern District of the country, on the Mediterranean coast, with a population of 210,000. Ashdod is an important regional industrial centre. The Port of Ashdod is Israel's largest port accounting for 60% of the country's imported goods.