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Israel

Full country name:State of Israel
Area:20,770 sq km (8,019 sq. miles)
Population:5,749,760 (July 1999 est.) note: includes about 166,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about 19,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, about 6,000 in the Gaza Strip, and about 176,000 in East Jerusalem (August 1998 est.)
Capital cityJerusalem (as designated by Israel) (population: 567,100 in 1993)
People:Jewish 80.1% (Europe/America-born 32.1%, Israel-born 20.8%, Africa-born 14.6%, Asia-born 12.6%), non-Jewish 19.9% (mostly Arab) (1996 est.)
Language:Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language
ReligionJudaism 80.1%, Islam 14.6% (mostly Sunni Muslim), Christian 2.1%, other 3.2% (1996 est.)
President:Prime Minister Ehud BARAK

 

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