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Lod (לוֹד; اَلْلُدّْ, al-Ludd; Greco-Latin Lydda) is a city located on the Sharon Plain 15 km southeast of Tel Aviv in the Center District of Israel. At the end of 2007, it had a population of 67,000, roughly 80 percent Jewish and 20 percent Arab.

The city has been known as Lydda in the English-speaking world throughout most of its existence. When it was conquered in July 1948 by Israel, tens of thousands of its Palestinian inhabitants were expelled and the city was settled by Jewish immigrants. Since then, it has been known as Lod, its biblical name.

Israel's main international airport, Ben Gurion International Airport (previously called Lydda Airport, RAF Lydda, and Lod Airport) is located in the city.