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| Official
Name : |
MEDINAT
YISRAEL (State of Israel) |
| Land
Area: |
20,770
square kilometres. Excludes Gaza, West Bank, Golan Hights. |
| Population: |
6,227,000
(est July 2005). Includes West Bank, Golan Hts, Gaza and East Jerusalem. |
| Languages: |
Hebrew,
Arabic, (both official), English. |
| Religions: |
Judaism 80%, Muslim 15%, Christian 5%. |
| Capital: |
Jerusalem.
Population 800,000 |
| Currency: |
New
Israeli shekel, divided into 100 new agorot. |
| Founded: |
Israeli
State proclaimed 1948. |
| Geography: |
Inland
from the fertile coastal plain of Sharon the land rises to form an upland ridge
to 850m high, stretching from the northern border south to the Jordan-Red Sea
Rift valley. In the south, the Negev Desert occupies approximatly 60% of the land
area. |
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