Israel
35°E / 31°N 35°E
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]
State o Israel | |
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Caipital and largest city | Jerusalem (leemitit recogneetion)[fn 1] 31°47′N 35°13′E / 31.783°N 35.217°E |
Offeecial leids | Hebrew |
Ethnic groups (2016) |
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Releegion | |
Demonym(s) | Israeli |
Govrenment | Unitar pairlamentar republic |
• Preses | Isaac Herzogg (יצחק הרצוג) |
• Prime Meenister | Benjamin Netanyahu (בנימין נתניהו) |
• Knesset Speaker | Mickey Levy (מיכאל לוי) |
• Chief Justice | Esther Hayut (אֶסְתֵּר חַיּוּת) |
Legislatur | Knesset |
Unthirldom | |
• Declared | 14 May 1948 |
• Admission to UNO | 11 May 1949 |
Aurie | |
• Total | 20,770–22,072 km2 (8,019–8,522 sq mi)[a] (149t) |
• Water | 440 km2 (170 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 2.1 |
Population | |
• 2024 estimate | 9,854,520[10] (98th) |
• 2008 census | 7,412,200[11] |
• Density | 395/km2 (1,023.0/sq mi) (34t) |
GDP (PPP) | 2017[12] estimate |
• Total | $316.120 billion (54t) |
• Per capita | $36,379 (34t) |
GDP (nominal) | 2017[12] estimate |
• Tot | $339.990 billion (34t) |
• Per capita | $39,126 (24t) |
Gini (2013) | 42.8[13] medium · 48t |
HDI (2015) | 0.899[14] verra heich · 19th |
Currency | New shekel (₪) (ILS) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (IST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (IDT) |
Date format |
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Drivin side | right |
Cawin code | +972 |
ISO 3166 code | IL |
Internet TLD | .il |
Wabsteid www | |
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Israel is a pairlamentary democracy. It is a daveloped kintra an haes the 52nt biggest economy in the warld.[citation needit]
Photies
- The Wastren Waw an the Dome o the Rock, Jerusalem
- 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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