Israel ['i:zrɛl] (Hebrew: יִשְרָאֵל, Yisra'el; Arabic: إسرائيل, Isrā'īl) is a kintra in the sooth-eastren Middle East that mairches Lebanon, Sirie, Jordan an Egyp. The caipital an muckle maist ceety is Jerusalem. Its watter mairch is the Mediterranean Sea tae the wast, the Reid Sea tae the sooth. It haes a population o ower 9,000,000 fowk.[11]
Quick facts State o Israel, Caipital and largest city ...
State o Israel
- מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל (Ebreu)
- دَوْلَة إِسْرَائِيل (Arabic)
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Caipital
and largest city | Jerusalem (leemitit recogneetion)[fn 1]
31°47′N 35°13′E |
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| Offeecial leids | Hebrew |
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| Ethnic groups (2016) | - 74.8% Jewish
- 20.8% Arab
- 4.4% ither[7]
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| Demonym(s) | Israeli |
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| Govrenment | Unitar pairlamentar republic |
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• Preses | Isaac Herzogg (יצחק הרצוג) |
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• Prime Meenister | Benjamin Netanyahu (בנימין נתניהו) |
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• Knesset Speaker | Mickey Levy (מיכאל לוי) |
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• Chief Justice | Esther Hayut (אֶסְתֵּר חַיּוּת) |
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| Legislatur | Knesset |
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| Unthirldom |
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• Declared | 14 May 1948 |
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• Admission to UNO | 11 May 1949 |
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• Total | 20,770–22,072 km2 (8,019–8,522 sq mi)[a] (149t) |
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• Water | 440 km2 (170 sq mi) |
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• Water (%) | 2.1 |
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| Population |
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• 2025 estimate | 10,101,540[10] (98th) |
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• 2008 census | 7,412,200[11] |
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• Density | 395/km2 (1,023.0/sq mi) (34t) |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2017[12] estimate |
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• Total | $316.120 billion (54t) |
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• Per capita | $36,379 (34t) |
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| GDP (nominal) | 2017[12] estimate |
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• Tot | $339.990 billion (34t) |
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• Per capita | $39,126 (24t) |
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| Gini (2013) | 42.8[13]
medium · 48t |
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| HDI (2015) | 0.899[14]
verra heich · 19th |
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| Currency | New shekel (₪) (ILS) |
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| Time zone | UTC+2 (IST) |
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| UTC+3 (IDT) |
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| Date format | - אא-בב-גגגג (AM)
- dd-mm-yyyy (CE)
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| Drivin side | right |
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| Cawin code | +972 |
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| ISO 3166 code | IL |
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| Internet TLD | .il |
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- ^ 20,770 is Israel athin the Green Line. 22,072 includes the annexed Golan Hichts an East Jerusalem.
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Territorial Organization
Israel is a pairlamentary democracy. It is a daveloped kintra an haes the 26t biggest economy in the warld.[15]
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The Knesset (Israel's pairliament), Jerusalem
Judaean Desert
Hula Valley
Loch Ram an Moont Hermon
Weizmann Institute o Science, Tel Aviv
Cymbalista Synagogue, Tel Aviv
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