IDENTITY CARD

Official Name: The State of Israel
Form of Rule: Parliamentary Democracy
Capital: Jerusalem
Area: 21,643 square kilometers
Population: 7 million residents
Distribution by Religion: 76.5% Jews, 16% Moslems, 2% Christians, 1.5% Druze, 4% without religious classification
Official Languages: Hebrew, Arabic
Currency: New Shekel
GDP per Person: 22,944 (calculated according to purchasing power)
Quality of Life Classification: 22nd place in world
International Dialing Code: 972
Internet Suffix: il.

Israel is a country in the Middle East, on the narrow region connecting Africa and Asia. The State of Israel occupies most of the region known as the Land of Israel.

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