Country guide
Israel
Capital, flag, borders and quick geography facts for Israel.
Key facts
- Capital
- Jerusalem
- Region
- Asia
- Area
- 21,937 km²
- Population
- 10,134,800
Neighboring countries
Israel has 5 land neighbors in the country data.
- Egypt
- Jordan
- Lebanon
- Palestine
- Syria
Learn Israel
Jerusalem is Israel's capital. Modern Hebrew is history's only known case of a language with no native speakers being revived into a mother tongue spoken by millions.
Israel covers 21,937 square kilometers and borders Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria; Egypt is the largest of these neighbors. The shore of the Dead Sea sits roughly 440 meters below sea level, the lowest point on dry land anywhere on Earth.
Makhtesh Ramon in Israel's Negev desert is the world's largest makhtesh, a rare erosion-crater landform found almost nowhere else on the planet.
Trivia
- The shore of the Dead Sea sits roughly 440 meters below sea level, the lowest point on dry land anywhere on Earth.
- The Negev desert covers more than half of Israel's total land area, stretching across the country's south.
- Modern Hebrew is history's only known case of a language with no native speakers being revived into a mother tongue spoken by millions.
- Makhtesh Ramon in Israel's Negev desert is the world's largest makhtesh, a type of erosion crater landform found almost nowhere else on the planet.
- The Baha'i Terraces in Haifa comprise nineteen garden levels ascending Mount Carmel and were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008.
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