Facts about Israel

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Location: Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Lebanon

Land Size of Israel : 20,330 sq km.
Climate / Weather of Israel : temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas.
Israeli Population : 6,199,008 (July 2002 est.) - includes about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, more than 5,000 in the Gaza Strip, and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem (July 2004 est.).

Israeli Capital City: Jerusalem; note - Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950 nearly all countries maintain Embassies in Tel Aviv
Israeli GDP: $120.6 billion (2003 est.)
Main Industries : 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
Israeli Agricultural products : citrus, vegetables, cotton; beef, poultry, dairy products
Israeli Currency : new Israeli shekel (ILS); note - NIS is the currency abbreviation; ILS is the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) code for the NIS 

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