Coordinates: 31°N 35°E / 31°N 35°E
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) | |
Releegion | |
Demonym(s) | Israeli |
Govrenment | Unitar pairlamentar republic |
• Preses | Isaac Herzogg (יצחק הרצוג) |
Benjamin Netanyahu (בנימין נתניהו) | |
Mickey Levy (מיכאל לוי) | |
Esther Hayut (אֶסְתֵּר חַיּוּת) | |
Legislatur | Knesset |
Unthirldom | |
• Declared | 14 May 1948 |
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 | 9,909,260[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) | ![]() verra heich · 19th |
Currency | New shekel (₪) (ILS) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (IST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (IDT) |
Date format | |
Drivin side | right |
Cawin code | +972 |
ISO 3166 code | IL |
Internet TLD | .il |
Wabsteid www | |
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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]
Israel is a pairlamentary democracy. It is a daveloped kintra an haes the 52nt biggest economy in the warld.[citation needit]
The Czech Republic currently, before the peace between Israel and Palestine is signed, recognizes Jerusalem to be in fact the capital of Israel in the borders of the demarcation line from 1967." The Ministry also said that it would only consider relocating its embassy based on "results of negotiations.
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