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Fact Sheet: Israel

  • Location: Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Lebanon
  • Geographic coordinates: 31 30 N, 34 45 E
  • Area: total: 20,770 sq km
  • Climate: temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas
  • Terrain: Negev desert in the south; low coastal plain; central mountains; Jordan Rift Valley
  • Natural hazards: sandstorms may occur during spring and summer; droughts; periodic earthquakes
  • Population: 6,352,117
  • Ethnic groups: Jewish 76.4% (Israel-born 51.3%, Europe/America-born 17.3%, Africa-born 4.5%, Asia-born 3.2%), non-Jewish 23.6% (mostly Arab) (2004)
  • Religions: Jewish 76.4%, Muslim 16%, Arab Christians 1.7%, other Christian 0.4%, Druze 1.6%, unspecified 3.9% (2004)
  • Languages: Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language
  • Government type: parliamentary democracy
  • Capital: name: Jerusalem; note - Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the US, like nearly all other countries, maintains its Embassy in Tel Aviv
  • Currency code: new Israeli shekel (ILS); note - NIS is the currency abbreviation; ILS is the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) code for the NIS
  • Exchange rates: new Israeli shekels per US dollar - 4.4877 (2005), 4.482 (2004), 4.5541 (2003), 4.7378 (2002), 4.2057 (2001)
  • Internet country code: .il
  • Airports: 53 (2006)

Main cities of Israel

  • Jerusalem
  • Tel Aviv-Yafo
  • Haifa
  • Rishon LeẔiyyon
  • Ashdod
  • Beʿer Sheva
  • Petaẖ Tiqwa
  • Netanya
  • H̱olon
  • Bene Beraq
  • Bat Yam
  • Ramat Gan
  • Ashqelon
  • Reẖovot
  • Herzeliyya
  • Kefar Sava
  • H̱adera
  • Raʿanana
  • Bet Shemesh
  • Lod
  • Naz̨erat
  • Ramla
  • Modiʿin-Makkabim-Reʿut
  • Nahariyya
  • Qiryat Atta
  • Givʿatayim
  • Qiryat Gat
  • ʿAkko
  • Elat
  • Karmiel
  • Naz̨erat ʿIllit
  • Hod HaSharon
  • Umm Al-Fahm
  • Tiberias
  • Qiryat Motzkin
  • Rahat
  • ʿAfula
  • Qiryat Yam
  • Rosh HaAyin
  • Qiryat Bialik
  • Ramat HaSharon
  • ʿIr Hahamisha
  • Dimona
  • Tayibe
  • Shefarʿam

Largest Cities in Israel

Travel Guide | Traveling through: Israel (Country)Choice destination (Districts):

  • HaDarom
  • Haifa
  • HaMerkaz
  • Jerusalem
  • HaZafon
  • Tel Aviv

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