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State of Israel
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Capital: Jerusalem, note: Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the US, like nearly all other countries, maintains its Embassy in Tel Aviv
Total Area: 8,019.34 sq mi,20,770.00 sq km,(slightly smaller than New Jersey)
Population: 5,938,093 (July 2001 est. ),note: includes about 176,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, about 6,900 in the Gaza Strip, and about 173,000 in East Jerusalem (August 2000 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050: 8,516,835
Languages: Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language
Literacy: 95.0% total, 97.0% male, 93% female (1992 est.)
Religions: Jewish 80.1%, Muslim 14.6% (mostly Sunni Muslim), Christian 2.1%, other 3.2% (1996 est.)
Life Expectancy: 76.69 male, 80.84 female (2001 est.)
Government Type: parliamentary democracy
Currency: 1 new Israeli shekel (NIS) = 100 new agorot
GDP (per capita): $18,900 (2000 est.)
Industry: 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
Agriculture: citrus, vegetables, cotton; beef, poultry, dairy products
Arable Land: 17%
Natural Resources: timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand, oil
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