Area 20,600 sq km (7,954 sq mi)
Poplation 6,117,000
Capital city Jerusalem (685,000)
Government Multiparty republic
Ethnicity Groups: Jewish 80%, Islam Arab and others 20%
Language Hebrew and Arabic (both official)
Religions Judaism 80%, (mostly Sunni) 14% Christianity 2%, Druze and others 2%
Currency New Israeli shekel = 100 agorat

The State of Israel is a small country in the eastern Mediterranean.

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