name: Medinat Ysra'el / Dawlat 'Isra'i area: 20,770 km2 population: 8,222,700 density: 395.89/km2 government style: unitary parliamentary republic capital: Jerusalem / Al-Quds (890,428) main towns: Tel-Aviv, Haifa, Ashdod, Rishon-LeZion, Petah-Tikva, Beersheva main religion: Judaism, Islam main languages: Hebrew & Arabic (officials), Russian, Yiddish, English highest point: Har Meron (1,208 m) currency: New Sekhel (0.276317 USD) |