| Official
Name : |
MEDINAT Y ISRA'EL (State of Israel) |
| Land
Area: |
20,770 square kilometres. |
| Population: |
7.7 million
( 2010 estimate.) Includes 520,000 in West Bank, Golan and E. Jerusalem, |
| Languages: |
Hebrew (official), Arabic (used officially for Arab minority), English. |
| Religions: |
Jewish 75.6%, Muslim 16.9%, Christian 2%, Druze 1.7%, other 3.8% |
| Capital: |
Jerusalem 768,000 (2009) |
| Currency: |
Israeli New Shekel (ILS), divided into 100 new agorot. |
| Founded: |
1948. The Jewish State of Israel was created to give Jewish people a country of their own, a home country. |
| 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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| Flag: |
The flag of Israel/Palestine was adopted on October 28, 1948, five months after the country's establishment. It depicts a blue Star of David (a symbol of Judaism) on a white background between two horizontal blue stripes.
To print flag below, right-click and select "open image in new window", then print in landscape mode. Ratio of flag is 8:11. |
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