Israel

Israël

Middle East

Did you know?

•Israel packs remarkable variety into a small space: Mediterranean coast, desert, the Sea of Galilee, and access to the Red Sea at Eilat.
•The shoreline of the Dead Sea is the lowest dry land on Earth.
•Jerusalem is sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Key Information

Capital

Jerusalem

Population

10,1 million

Area

21,937 km²

GDP

666,4 billion $

Currency

ILS

Difficulty on MapGuesser

Medium

Subregion

Western Asia

Calling code

+972

MapGuesser Tip

Israel is the narrow strip on the eastern Mediterranean between Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, and the Palestinian territories.

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Official Languages

HebrewArabic

Flag Colors

bleublanc

Flag History

The flag of Israel was officially adopted on 28 October 1948. It is a white banner with three blue (tekhelet) symbols: a pair of horizontal tallit-like stripes above and below a centred Star of David. Relevant Israeli legislation describes the flag's dimensions as 160 cm (63 in) by 220 cm (87 in), thereby fixing the proportion to a ratio of 8:11. But variants can be found at a wide range of proportions, with 2:3 also common.

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