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Geography of Israel
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Facts about the Geography of
Israel
Location: Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea,
between Egypt and Lebanon
Land Size of Israel : 20,330 sq km
Climate / Weather of Israel : temperate; hot and dry in
southern and eastern desert areas
Israeli Population : 6,199,008 (July 2002 est.) - includes
about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about
20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, more than
5,000 in the Gaza Strip, and fewer than 177,000 in East
Jerusalem (July 2004 est.)
Israeli Capital City: Jerusalem; note - Israel proclaimed
Jerusalem as its capital in 1950 nearly all countries
maintain Embassies in Tel Aviv
Israeli GDP: $120.6 billion (2003 est.)
Main Industries : high-technology projects (including
aviation, communications, computer-aided design and
manufactures, medical electronics), wood and paper products,
potash and phosphates, food, beverages, and tobacco, caustic
soda, cement, diamond cutting
Israeli Agricultural products : citrus, vegetables, cotton;
beef, poultry, dairy products
Israeli Currency : new Israeli shekel (ILS); note - NIS is
the currency abbreviation; ILS is the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) code for the NIS |
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