Israel
Israel is a small yet diverse Middle Eastern country. The modern State of Israel was established in 1948 as a homeland for the Jewish people, but the region contains thousands of years of history for many peoples and religions in addition to the Jews.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Tel Aviv
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Tel Aviv is the second largest city in Israel, and the largest metropolitan area.
Carmel Range
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The Carmel Range, often referred to simply as "Mount Carmel", is a compact region of hills in Israel extending westwards from the Central Hill country to the Mediterranean Sea.
Haifa
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Haifa is the third largest city in Israel and the largest city in the north of the country with a population of 282,000.
Destinations
Israeli Coastal Plain
The coastal plain is a flat region in Israel that runs along the Mediterranean coast.Lower Galilee
The Lower Galilee is a region within the Northern District of Israel.Jerusalem Hills
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The Jerusalem hills is a mountainous region in central Israel which includes the western part of Jerusalem.
Western Galilee
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The Western Galilee is the most northern coastal region of Israel.
Sea of Galilee region
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The Sea of Galilee, also called Lake Tiberias or Kinneret, is a freshwater lake in Israel.
Shfelah
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The Shfelah is a range of low hills between the Coastal Plains and the Jerusalem mountains in central Israel.
Upper Galilee
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The Upper Galilee is a geographical region located in northern Israel.
Jezreel Valley
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The Jezreel Valley, or Marj Ibn Amir, also known as the Valley of Megiddo, is a large fertile plain and inland valley in the Northern District of Israel.
Ben Gurion International Airport
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Ben Gurion International Airport is Israel's primary airport.
Israel
- Type: Country with 7,840,000 residents
- Description: country in the Middle East
- Languages: Hebrew, Arabic and English
- Neighbors: Cyprus, Egypt, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and West Bank
- Categories: sovereign state, Mediterranean country, region, OECD country, state with limited recognition and locality
- Location: Middle East, Asia
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Latitude of centre
31.672° or 31° 40' 19" northLongitude of centre
34.827° or 34° 49' 37" eastPopulation
7,840,000Area
20,770 km² (8,019 miles²)Elevation
168 metres (551 feet)Capital
JerusalemCurrency
Shekel (ILS)Phone code
.ilInternet domain
972OpenStreetMap ID
node 424297647OpenStreetMap Feature
place=countryGeoNames ID
294640Wikidata ID
Q801Israel Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Israyel
- Abkhazian: Ауриатәыла
- Abkhazian: Израиль
- Achinese: Israel
- Achinese: Israèl
- Adyghe: Исраил
- Afar: Izrail
- Afrikaans: Israel
- Afrikaans: Staat Israel
- Akan: Israel
- Albanian: Izrael
- Albanian: Izraeli
- Amharic: Israel
- Amharic: እስራኤል
- Amis: Israel
- Angika: इजराइल
- Arabic: Israel
- Arabic: إسرائيل
- Arabic: اسرائيل
- Arabic: الدولة العبرية
- Arabic: الكيان الصهيوني
- Arabic: دولة إسرائيل
- Aragonese: Israel
- Armenian: Իզրաել
- Armenian: Իսրայել
- Armenian: Իսրայէլ
- Arpitan: Israyèl
- Arpitan: Israèl
- Assamese: ইজৰাইল
- Asturian: Israel
- Atayal: Israel
- Avaric: Гlизраил
- Avaric: Исраил
- Awadhi: इजरायल
- Aymara: Israel
- Aymara: Israyil
- Azerbaijani: İsrail
- Balinese: Israél
- Bambara: Isirayeli
- Bambara: Israil
- Bashkir: Израиль
- Basque: Israel
- Batak Toba: Israel
- Bavarian: Israel
- Belarusian: Ізраіль
- Belarusian: Дзяржава Ізраіль
- Bengali: ইসরায়েল
- Bengali: ইস্রায়েল
- Bhojpuri: इजराइल
- Bishnupriya: ইসরাইল
- Bislama: Israel
- Bosnian: Izrael
- Brahui: Isráíl
- Breton: Israel
- Bulgarian: Израел
- Burmese: အစ္စရေး
- Burmese: အစ္စရေးနိုင်ငံ
- Catalan: Estat d'Israel
- Catalan: Israel
- Cebuano: Israel
- Central Bikol: Israel
- Central Kurdish: ئیسرائیل
- Central Kurdish: ئیسڕائیل
- Chamorro: Israel
- Chavacano: Israel
- Chechen: Израиль
- Chechen: Исраил
- Cherokee: ᎢᏏᎵᏱ
- Chinese: Yǐsèliè
- Chinese: Í-sek-lia̍t
- Chinese: 以色列
- Church Slavic: Їздраил҄ь
- Church Slavic: Їꙁдраил҄ь
- Chuvash: Израиль
- Cornish: Ysrael
- Corsican: Israele
- Corsican: Statu d'Israele
- Crimean Tatar: İsrail
- Croatian: Izrael
- Czech: Israel
- Czech: Izrael
- Czech: Jisra'el
- Czech: Stát Izrael
- Czech: stát Izrael
- Dagbani: Israel
- Danish: Israel
- Dhivehi: އިސްރާއީލު
- Dimli (individual language): İsrail
- Dotyali: इजरायल
- Dutch: IL
- Dutch: ISR
- Dutch: Israel
- Dutch: Israël
- Dzongkha: ཨིཛ་རཱེལ་
- Dzongkha: ཨིས་ར་ཡེལ
- Eastern Mari: Израиль
- Egyptian Arabic: اسرائيل
- English: Hebrew state
- English: IL
- English: ISR
- English: State of Israel
- English: Zionist state
- English: il
- Erzya: Израиль
- Erzya: Израиль Мастор
- Esperanto: IL
- Esperanto: Israelo
- Esperanto: Ŝtato Israelo
- Estonian: Iisrael
- Estonian: Iisraeli Riik
- Ewe: Israel nutome
- Extremaduran: Israel
- Faroese: Ísrael
- Fiji Hindi: Israel
- Fijian: Isireli
- Finnish: Israel
- Finnish: Israelin valtio
- French: IL
- French: ISR
- French: Isr.
- French: Israel
- French: Israël
- French: l’État d’Israël
- French: État d'Israël
- French: État hébreu
- Fulah: Israa’iila
- Gagauz: İsrail
- Gagauz: İzrail
- Galician: Israel - ישראל
- Galician: Israel
- Gan Chinese: 以色列
- Ganda: Yisirayeri
- Georgian: ისრაელი
- German: IL
- German: Israel
- German: Staat Israel
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Israel
- Goan Konkani: Israel
- Goan Konkani: इस्राएल
- Gorontalo: Isra'el
- Gothic: 𐌹𐍃𐍂𐌰𐌴𐌻
- Greek: Ισραήλ
- Guarani: Israel
- Guianese Creole French: Israyèl
- Guianese Creole French: Éta Israyèl
- Gujarati: ઇઝરાઇલ
- Gujarati: ઇઝરાયલ
- Gujarati: ઈઝરાયલ
- Haitian: Izrayèl
- Hakka Chinese: Yî-set-lie̍t
- Hausa: Isra'ila
- Hausa: Israʼila
- Hausa: Yî-set-lie̍t
- Hausa: ʻIkelaʻela
- Hawaiian: ʻIseraʻela
- Hebrew: Ereẕ Yisra’el
- Hebrew: Medinat Yisra’el
- Hebrew: ישראל
- Hebrew: מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל
- Hebrew: מדינת ישראל
- Hindi: इजराइल
- Hindi: इज़राइल
- Hindi: इसराइल
- Hungarian: Izrael
- Hungarian: Izrael Állam
- Icelandic: Ísrael
- Ido: Israel
- Igbo: Israel
- Iloko: Israel
- Inari Sami: Israel
- Inari Sami: Israel staatâ
- Indonesian: Israel
- Indonesian: Negara Israel
- Ingush: Жугтече
- Interlingua: Israel
- Interlingue: Israel
- Irish: Iosrael
- Italian: Israele
- Jamaican Creole English: Izrel
- Jamaican Creole English: Izriel
- Japanese: イスラエル
- Japanese: イスラエル国
- Javanese: Israèl
- Kabardian: Исраэл
- Kabiyè: Izrɛɛlɩ
- Kabuverdianu: Israel
- Kabyle: Israyel
- Kalaallisut: Israel
- Kalmyk: Изралмудин Орн
- Kannada: ಇಸ್ರೇಲ್
- Kara-Kalpak: İzrail
- Kashmiri: اِسرایٖل
- Kashubian: Izrael
- Kazakh: Израиль
- Khmer: អ៊ីស្រាអែល
- Kikuyu: Israel
- Kikuyu: Israeli
- Kinyarwanda: Isirayeli
- Kirghiz: Израиль
- Komi-Permyak: Исраэль
- Komi: Израиль
- Kongo: Israel
- Korean: 이스라엘
- Kurdish: Îsraêl
- Kurdish: Îsraîl
- Kölsch: Israel
- Ladin: Israel
- Ladino: Israel
- Ladino: Medinat Yisrael
- Ladino: Yisrael
- Ladino: ישראל
- Ladino: מדינת ישראל
- Lao: Israel
- Lao: ປະເທດອິດສະຣາເອນ
- Lao: ອິສຣາເອວ
- Latgalian: Izraeļs
- Latin: Civitas Israel
- Latin: Civitas Israël
- Latin: Israel
- Latin: Israël
- Latvian: Izraēla
- Lezghian: Израиль
- Ligurian: Isræ
- Limburgan: Israël
- Lingala: Isirayelɛ
- Lingala: Israel
- Lingua Franca Nova: Israel
- Literary Chinese: 以色列
- Lithuanian: Izraelis
- Liv: Izrael
- Livvi: Izrail
- Lojban: brogu'e
- Lombard: Israel
- Lombard: Israell
- Low German: Israel
- Low German: Israël
- Low German: Izrel
- Lower Sorbian: Israel
- Luba-Katanga: Isirayele
- Lule Sami: Israella
- Luxembourgish: Israel
- Macedo-Romanian: Israel
- Macedonian: Израел
- Madurese: Israel
- Maithili: इजरायल
- Malagasy: Israely
- Malay: Israel
- Malay: negara di Asia Barat yang diduduki Yahudi
- Malay: اسرائيل
- Malayalam: ഇസ്രയേൽ
- Malayalam: ഇസ്രായേൽ
- Maltese: Iżrael
- Maltese: Stat ta’ Iżrael
- Manipuri: ꯏꯁ꯭ꯔꯦꯜ
- Manx: Israel
- Maori: Iharaira
- Marathi: इस्त्राइल
- Marathi: इस्रायल
- Mazanderani: اسرائیل
- Min Dong Chinese: Ī-sáik-liĕk
- Min Nan Chinese: Israel
- Min Nan Chinese: Í-sek-lia̍t-kok
- Min Nan Chinese: Í-sek-lia̍t
- Minangkabau: Israel
- Mingrelian: ისრაელი
- Mirandese: Eisrael
- Moksha: Израиль
- Moksha: Израиль масторсь
- Mongolian: Израил
- Mongolian: Израиль
- Mongolian: Израйль
- Mongolian: ꯏꯁ꯭ꯔꯦꯜ
- Moroccan Arabic: إسرائيل
- Mossi: Israel
- N'Ko: ߌߛߑߙߊߌߟ
- Nauru: Israel
- Nauru: Iteraer
- Navajo: Sǫʼ Dineʼé Bikéyah
- Navajo: Ízrel bikéyah
- Neapolitan: Israele
- Nepali: इजरायल
- Newari: इजराइल
- Newari: इजरायल
- Newari: ईजराईल
- Nias: Izara'eli
- North Ndebele: Isuraeli
- Northern Frisian: Israel
- Northern Luri: اسرائیل
- Northern Sami: Israel
- Northern Sami: Israela stáhta
- Northern Sami: Israel stáhta
- Norwegian: Israel
- Norwegian Bokmål: Israel
- Norwegian Bokmål: Staten Israel
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Israel
- Novial: Israel
- Occitan (post 1500): Estat d'Israèl
- Occitan (post 1500): Israèl
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܐܝܣܪܐܝܠ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Israhēl
- Oriya: ଇସ୍ରାଏଲ
- Oriya: ଇସ୍ରାଏଲ୍
- Oromo: Isiraa'el
- Ossetian: Израиль
- Pa'o Karen: ဣသရေးလ်ခမ်း
- Paiwan: Israil
- Pali: इस्रैल
- Pampanga: Israel
- Panjabi: ਇਜ਼ਰਾਇਲ
- Panjabi: ਇਜ਼ਰਾਈਲ
- Papiamento: Israel
- Pedi: Israel
- Persian: اسرائیل
- Persian: اسراییل
- Pfaelzisch: Israel
- Picard: Israël
- Piemontese: Israel
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Esrail
- Polish: Izrael
- Pontic: Ισραήλ
- Portuguese: Estado de Israel
- Portuguese: ISR
- Portuguese: Israel
- Portuguese: Terra Sagrada
- Portuguese: Terra Santa
- Portuguese: il
- Portuguese: o estado judeu
- Pushto: اسرائيل
- Pushto: اسرائیل
- Pushto: اسرايل
- Pushto: اسراييل
- Quechua: Israel
- Quechua: Israyil
- Romanian: Israel
- Romanian: Statul Israel
- Romanian: Țara Sfântă
- Romansh: Israel
- Rundi: Isiraheli
- Russia Buriat: Израиль
- Russian: Государство Израиль
- Russian: Израиль
- Rusyn: Ізраіль
- Sakizaya: Israel
- Samoan: Isaraelu
- Samoan: Israel
- Samogitian: Izraelis
- Samogitian: Izraelės
- Samogitian: Ėzraelis
- Sango: Israëli
- Sanskrit: इस्रेल
- Sanskrit: इस्रेलम्
- Santali: ᱤᱡᱽᱨᱟᱭᱮᱞ
- Saraiki: اسرائیل
- Sardinian: Israele
- Sardinian: Istadu de Israele
- Saterfriesisch: Israel
- Scots: Israel
- Scots: State o Israel
- Scottish Gaelic: Iosrael
- Scottish Gaelic: Israel
- Serbian: Izrael
- Serbian: Јеврејска Држава
- Serbian: Држава Израел
- Serbian: Израел
- Serbo-Croatian: Israel
- Serbo-Croatian: Israyil
- Serbo-Croatian: Izrael
- Shan: မိူင်းဢိတ်ႇသရေး
- Shona: Isiraeri
- Shona: Israel
- Shona: Izuraeri
- Sicilian: Israeli
- Sicilian: Statu d'Israeli
- Silesian: Izrael
- Sindhi: اسرائيل
- Sindhi: اسرائيل جي رياست
- Sinhala: ඊශ්රායලය
- Skolt Sami: Israeeʹl riikk
- Skolt Sami: Israeeʹl valdia
- Skolt Sami: Israel
- Slovak: Izrael
- Slovak: Izraelský štát
- Slovenian: Država Izrael
- Slovenian: IL
- Slovenian: Izrael
- Slovenian: judovska država
- Somali: Israaiil
- Somali: Israaʼiil
- South Azerbaijani: ايسرائيل
- South Azerbaijani: ايسراییل
- Spanish: Estado Judío
- Spanish: Estado de Israel
- Spanish: Israel
- Sranan Tongo: Israel
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵉⵙⵔⴰⵢⵉⵍ
- Sundanese: Israél
- Swahili: Israel
- Swahili: Israeli
- Swati: Ka-Israyeli
- Swedish: Israel
- Swedish: Staten Israel
- Swiss German: Israel
- Sylheti: ꠁꠎꠞꠣꠁꠟ
- Sylheti: ꠁꠎꠞꠣꠁꠟ ꠞꠣꠁꠎ꠆ꠎ
- Tachelhit: Israyil
- Tagalog: Israel
- Tajik: Исроил
- Talysh: Israil
- Tamil: இசுரேல்
- Tamil: இஸ்ரேல்
- Taroko: Israel
- Tatar: Израил
- Tatar: Израиль
- Tatar: Исраил
- Telugu: ఇజ్రాయిల్
- Telugu: ఇజ్రాయెల్
- Tetum: Izraél
- Thai: ประเทศอิสราเอล
- Thai: อิสราเอล
- Tibetan: ཨི་ཛ྄་རེལ།
- Tibetan: ཨི་སི་ར་ཨེལ།
- Tigrinya: እስራኤል
- Tok Pisin: Israel
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): ʻIsileli
- Tosk Albanian: Israel
- Tulu: ಇಸ್ರೇಲ್
- Tumbuka: Israel
- Tunisian Arabic: إسرائيل
- Turkish: İsrail
- Turkish: İsrail Devleti
- Turkmen: Ysraýyl
- Twi: Israel
- Tyap: A̱byin A̱yahuda
- Tyap: A̱za̱za̱rak A̱byin
- Tyap: Isi̱rela
- Tyap: Si̱tet Isi̱rela
- Udmurt: Израиль
- Uighur: ئىسرائىلىيە
- Ukrainian: Ізраїль
- Ukrainian: Держава Ізраїль
- Upper Sorbian: Israel
- Urdu: اسرائیل
- Urdu: ریاست اسرائیل
- Urdu: ریاستِ اسرائیل
- Uzbek: Isroil
- Venetian: Israel
- Venetian: Israełe
- Venetian: Izraełe
- Veps: Evrejanma
- Veps: Izrail'
- Veps: Izrailin Valdkund
- Veps: Medinat Israel'
- Veps: Pühä Ma
- Vietnamese: I-xra-en
- Vietnamese: Israel (Do Thái)
- Vietnamese: Israel
- Vlaams: Israël
- Vlax Romani: Israel
- Volapük: Yisraelän
- Võro: Iisrael
- Walloon: Israyel
- Waray (Philippines): Israel
- Wayuu: Ira'eerü
- Welsh: Gwladwriaeth Israel
- Welsh: Israel
- Western Armenian: Իսրայէլ
- Western Balochi: اسرائیل
- Western Frisian: Israel
- Western Frisian: Israël
- Western Frisian: Steat Israel
- Western Panjabi: اسرائیل
- Wolof: Israayil
- Wolof: Israyel
- Wu Chinese: 以色列
- Yakut: Исраил
- Yiddish: ישראל
- Yiddish: מדינת ישראל
- Yoruba: Iserẹli
- Yoruba: Israel
- Yoruba: Ísráẹ́lì
- Yue Chinese: Israel
- Yue Chinese: State of Israel
- Yue Chinese: ישראל
- Yue Chinese: מדינת ישראל
- Yue Chinese: إسرائيل
- Yue Chinese: دَوْلَةْ إِسْرَائِيل
- Yue Chinese: 以色列
- Yue Chinese: 以色列國
- Zeeuws: Israël
- Zhuang: Israel
- Zhuang: Yijswzlez
- Zulu: Isreyili
- Zulu: kwa-Israel
- Dawlat Isrā’īl
- Eretz Yisrael
- Isdraele
- Isrā’īl
- Izeraeli
- Yisra’el
- ma Isale
- Жугтехье
- အိစ်သရေးခမ်းထီ
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