Jerusalem
Jerusalem is the largest city of Israel. Israel claim it is their capital and a few countries including the United States recognize that claim, but most other countries and the United Nations do not.Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
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Popular Destinations
Old City
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The Old City of Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually.
East Jerusalem
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East Jerusalem is the part of Jerusalem that belongs to the Palestinian territories.
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Notable Places in the Area
Israel Museum
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The Israel Museum is an art and archaeological museum in Jerusalem.
Dome of the Rock
The Dome of the Rock is an Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem.Al-Aqsa Mosque
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The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel, is the main congregational mosque or prayer hall in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Localities in the Area
West Jerusalem
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West Jerusalem represents the modern commercial heart of the city, which was the focus for development in the capital from the time of Israeli independence in 1948 to the reunification of the city with the Six Day War in 1967.
Haredi
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Haredi or Chareidi Jerusalem refers to the parts of Jerusalem which are overwhelmingly populated by Haredi Jews.
Ein Kerem
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Ein Kerem is a secluded village suburb on the outskirts of West Jerusalem.
Jerusalem
- Type: City with 780,000 residents
- Description: city in the Middle East, holy to the three Abrahamic religions
- Neighbors: Bethlehem and Ramallah
- Categories: holy city of Abrahamic religion, largest city, tourist destination, big city, Roman city, ancient city and locality
- Location: Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.7788° or 31° 46' 44" northLongitude
35.2258° or 35° 13' 33" eastPopulation
780,000Elevation
786 metres (2,579 feet)IATA airport code
JRSOpen Location Code
8G3QQ6HG+G8OpenStreetMap ID
node 29090735OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityJerusalem Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Uṛacalim
- Achinese: Al-Quds
- Afar: Al-Qudıs
- Afrikaans: Jerusalem
- Akkadian: Urušalim
- Albanian: Jerusalemi
- Albanian: Jeruzalemi
- Amharic: እየሩሳሌም
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Hierosolyma
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Hierousalēm
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Αριηλ
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ιεβους
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ιεροσολυμα
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ιεροσόλυμα
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ιερουσαλημ
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Μωριας
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Σαλημ
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Σιων
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Σολυμα
- Angika: येरुशलम
- Arabic: Jerusalem
- Arabic: أورسالم
- Arabic: أورشليم
- Arabic: أورشليم القدس
- Arabic: أولى القبلتين
- Arabic: أُورشَليم
- Arabic: إيلياء
- Arabic: اريئيل
- Arabic: البلا
- Arabic: القدس
- Arabic: القدس الشريف
- Arabic: القُدس
- Arabic: القُدْس
- Arabic: بيت المقدس
- Arabic: ساليم
- Arabic: صهيون
- Arabic: لقدس
- Arabic: مدينة القدس
- Arabic: مريّا
- Arabic: ورشليم
- Arabic: يبوس
- Aragonese: Cherusalem
- Armenian: Երուսաղեմ
- Armenian: Երուսաղէմ
- Assamese: জেৰুজালেম
- Asturian: Xerusalén
- Avaric: Байтул Макъдис
- Awadhi: जेरुशलम
- Azerbaijani: Qüds
- Azerbaijani: Yerusəlim
- Azerbaijani: Yeruşalayim
- Azerbaijani: Əl-Qüds
- Bambara: Jerusalem
- Banjar: Baitul Maqdis
- Bashkir: Иерусалим
- Bashkir: Ҡотдос
- Basque: Jerusalem
- Bavarian: Jerusalem
- Belarusian: Іерусалім
- Belarusian: Еерусалім
- Belarusian: Ерузалем
- Belarusian: Ерусалім
- Bengali: আল-কুদস
- Bengali: আল কুদস
- Bengali: জেরুসালেম
- Bengali: যিরূশালেম
- Bhojpuri: जेरूसलम
- Bosnian: Jerusalem
- Bosnian: Jerusalim
- Bosnian: Jeruzalem
- Breton: Jeruzalem
- Bulgarian: Йерусалим
- Burmese: ဂျေရုဆလင်မြို့
- Catalan: Jerusalem
- Cebuano: Jerusalen
- Central Bikol: Herusalem
- Central Kurdish: ئورشەلیم
- Central Kurdish: ئۆرشەلیم
- Chamorro: Jerusalem
- Chavacano: Jerusalem
- Chechen: Къудс-ГӀала
- Cherokee: ᏥᎷᏏᎳᎻ
- Chinese: Iâ-lō͘-sat-léng
- Chinese: 以色列的首都
- Chinese: 耶路撒冷
- Church Slavic: Їєроусалимъ
- Church Slavic: Иѥръісалимъ
- Chuvash: Иерусалим
- Chuvash: Мĕрселин
- Cornish: Jerusalem
- Corsican: Gerusalemme
- Corsican: Ghjerusaleme
- Corsican: Ghjerusalemme
- Cree: Wikipedia:Archives/ᒉᕒᐅᓴᓬᐊᒼ
- Cree: ᒉᕒᐅᓴᓬᐊᒼ
- Crimean Tatar: Qudus
- Croatian: Jeruzalem
- Czech: Jerusalem
- Czech: Jerusalém
- Czech: Jeruzalem
- Czech: Jeruzalém
- Dagbani: Jerusalem
- Danish: Davids By
- Danish: Den Gyldne Stad
- Danish: Fredens By
- Danish: Jerusalem
- Danish: Zions Stad
- Dhivehi: ޤުދުސް
- Dimli (individual language): Urşelim
- Dotyali: जेरुशलम
- Dutch: Jeruzalem
- Eastern Mari: Иерусалим
- Egyptian Arabic: القدس
- English: Aelia Capitolina
- English: Al-Quds
- English: Al Quds
- English: Ariel
- English: J'lem
- English: Yerushalayim
- English: Zion
- Erzya: Иерусалим
- Esperanto: Jerusalem
- Esperanto: Jerusalemo
- Esperanto: Jeruŝalajim
- Esperanto: Urŝalim al-Quds
- Estonian: Jeruusalemm
- Extremaduran: Jerusalén
- Faroese: Jerúsalem
- Fiji Hindi: Jerusalem
- Fijian: Jerusalemi
- Finnish: Jerusalem
- French: Al Quds
- French: Hiérosolyme
- French: Jerusalem
- French: Jérusalem
- French: Salem
- French: Solyme
- French: Yerushaláyim
- French: ville sainte
- French: ville trois fois sainte
- Friulian: Jerusalem
- Galician: Xerusalén
- Gan Chinese: 耶路撒冷
- Georgian: იერუსალიმი
- German: Al-Quds
- German: Jerusalem
- German: al-Quds
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Jerusalem
- Gothic: Iairusalem
- Gothic: Iairusaulwma
- Gothic: 𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌼
- Gothic: 𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍅𐌼𐌰/Iairusaulwma
- Gothic: 𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍅𐌼𐌰
- Greek: Ιεροσόλυμα
- Greek: Ιερουσαλήμ
- Guarani: Herusalẽ
- Guianese Creole French: Jérusalem
- Gujarati: જેરુસલેમ
- Haitian: Jerizalèm
- Hakka Chinese: Yâ-lu-sat-lâng
- Hausa: Ielukalema
- Hausa: Jerusalem
- Hausa: Yâ-lu-sat-lâng
- Hawaiian: Ielukalema
- Hebrew: אֵילִיָּה קַפִּיטוֹלִינָה
- Hebrew: אריאל
- Hebrew: הַקֹּדֶשׁ
- Hebrew: הר המוריה
- Hebrew: י-ם
- Hebrew: יְבוּס
- Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם
- Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַםִ
- Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלָםִ
- Hebrew: יבוס
- Hebrew: ירושלים
- Hebrew: ירושלם
- Hebrew: מוֹרִיָּה
- Hebrew: מוריה
- Hebrew: עיר הקודש
- Hebrew: צִיּוֹן
- Hebrew: ציון
- Hebrew: שָׁלֵם
- Hebrew: שלם
- Hiligaynon: Herusalem
- Hiligaynon: Jerusalem
- Hindi: अल कुद्स
- Hindi: जेरूसैलम
- Hindi: यरुशलम
- Hindi: येरुशलम
- Hindi: येरूसलम
- Hungarian: Jeruzsálem
- Icelandic: Jerúsalem
- Ido: Ierusalem
- Igbo: Jerusalem
- Iloko: Herusalem
- Inari Sami: Jerusalem
- Indonesian: Aelia Capitolina
- Indonesian: Al-Quds
- Indonesian: Yerusalem
- Ingush: Байтулмакъдис
- Interlingua: Jerusalem
- Interlingue: Jerusalem
- Irish: Iarúsailéim
- Italian: Al-Quds
- Italian: Gerusalemme
- Jamaican Creole English: Jiruusalem
- Japanese: アル=クズ
- Japanese: アル=クドゥス
- Japanese: エルサレム
- Javanese: Yérusalem
- Kabardian: Къудс Къалэ
- Kabiyè: Jeruzalɛm
- Kabyle: Orcalim
- Kabyle: Urcalim
- Kabyle: Uṛacalim
- Kalaallisut: Jerusalem
- Kannada: ಜೆರುಸಲೆಂ
- Kannada: ಜೆರುಸಲೇಮ್
- Kara-Kalpak: Al-Qudıs
- Kashubian: Jerozolëma
- Kazakh: Иерусалим
- Kazakh: Әл-Құдыс
- Khmer: ເຢຣູຊາເລັມ
- Kikuyu: Jerusalem
- Kinyarwanda: Yerusalemu
- Kirghiz: Иерусалим
- Kirghiz: Кудус
- Komi: Иерусалим
- Korean: 꾸드스
- Korean: 알쿠드스
- Korean: 예루살렘
- Korean: 예루샬라임
- Kurdish: Orşelîm
- Ladin: Ierusalem
- Ladino: Yerushalayim
- Lao: Herusalem
- Lao: ເຢຣູຊາເລັມ
- Latin: Aelia Capitolina
- Latin: Colonia Aelia Capitolina
- Latin: Hierosolyma
- Latin: Hierusalem
- Latin: Iebus
- Latin: Moria
- Latin: Salem
- Latin: Sion
- Latvian: Jeruzaleme
- Lezghian: Иерусалим
- Lezghian: Ярусалим
- Ligurian: Gerusalemme
- Limburgan: Jeruzalem
- Lingala: Yerusalémi
- Lingua Franca Nova: Ieruxalim
- Literary Chinese: 耶路撒冷
- Lithuanian: Jeruzalė
- Lithuanian: al Kudsas
- Livvi: Jerusalimu
- Lombard: Gerüsalem
- Low German: Jerusalem
- Low German: Jeruzalem
- Lower Sorbian: Jeruzalem
- Luxembourgish: Jerusalem
- Macedonian: Ерусалим
- Maithili: जेरुसेलम
- Malagasy: Jerosalema
- Malagasy: Jerusalem
- Malay: Al-Quds
- Malay: Baitulmakdis
- Malay: Baitulmaqdis
- Malay: Baitulmuqaddis
- Malay: Yerusalem
- Malay: بيت المقدس
- Malayalam: ജെറുസലേം
- Maltese: Ġerusalemm
- Manx: Jerusalem
- Maori: Hiruharama
- Maori: Hiruhārama
- Marathi: अल कुद्स
- Marathi: जेरुसलेम
- Mazanderani: اورشلیم
- Mazanderani: قدس
- Min Dong Chinese: Ià-lô-sák-lēng
- Min Nan Chinese: Ia-lo͘-sat-leng
- Min Nan Chinese: Ia-lō·-sat-léng
- Min Nan Chinese: Ia-lō͘-sat-léng
- Min Nan Chinese: Iâ-lō·-sat-léng
- Min Nan Chinese: Iâ-lō͘-sat-léng
- Min Nan Chinese: Jerusalem
- Min Nan Chinese: Yerushalayim
- Min Nan Chinese: Yerushaláyim
- Minangkabau: Yerusalem
- Mingrelian: იერუსალიმი
- Mirandese: Jarusalen
- Moksha: Ерусалим
- Mongolian: Иерусалим
- Moroccan Arabic: لقدس
- Narom: Jérusalem
- Neapolitan: Gierusalemme
- Nepali: जेरुसेलम
- Nigerian Pidgin: Jerusalem
- Northern Frisian: Jerusalem
- Northern Luri: ئوٙرشألیم
- Norwegian: Jerusalem
- Norwegian Bokmål: Jerusalem
- Norwegian Bokmål: Jorsal
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Jerusalem
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Jorsal
- Novial: Jerusalem
- Nyanja: Jerusalem
- Occitan (post 1500): Jerusalèm
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): יְרוּשְׁלֶם
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܐܘܪܫܠܡ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Ierusalem
- Old Norse: Jorsala
- Old Norse: Jórsalaborg
- Old Norse: Jórsalir
- Oriya: ଜେରୁଜେଲମ
- Oriya: ଜେରୁସାଲେମ
- Ossetian: Иерусалим
- Panjabi: ਜੇਰੂਸਲਮ
- Papiamento: Herusalem
- Persian: اورسلیمان
- Persian: اورشلیم
- Persian: بَیْتالمُقدَّس
- Persian: قُدس
- Piemontese: Gerusalem
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Jerusalem
- Polish: Jerozolima
- Pontic: Ιερουσαλήμ
- Portuguese: Aelia Capitolina
- Portuguese: Al-Quds
- Portuguese: J'lem
- Portuguese: Jerusalém
- Portuguese: Jerusalém, Oriente Médio
- Portuguese: Yerushalayim
- Pushto: بيت المقدس
- Quechua: Yerusalem
- Quechua: Yerushalayim
- Romanian: Ierusalim
- Romansh: Jerusalem
- Rundi: Jerusalem
- Russia Buriat: Иерусалим
- Russian: Иерусалим
- Russian: Йерушала
- Russian: Уршалим-аль-К̣удс
- Russian: Уршалим
- Russian: аль-К̣удс
- Rusyn: Єрусалим
- Samoan: Ierusalema
- Samogitian: Jerozalė
- Santali: ᱡᱮᱨᱩᱥᱟᱞᱤᱢ
- Sardinian: Gerusalemme
- Saterfriesisch: Jerusalem
- Scots: Al-Quds
- Scots: Jerusalem
- Scots: al-Quds
- Scottish Gaelic: Ierusalem
- Serbian: Јерусалим
- Serbo-Croatian: Adonai-jireh
- Serbo-Croatian: Jeruzalem
- Serbo-Croatian: Shalem
- Serbo-Croatian: Uršalimmu
- Shona: Jerusalem
- Shona: Jerusarema
- Sicilian: Girusalemmi
- Silesian: Jerozolima
- Sindhi: بيت المقدس
- Sindhi: يروشلم
- Sinhala: ජෙරුසලම
- Sinhala: ජෙරුසෙලම
- Slovak: Jeruzalem
- Slovenian: Jeruzalem
- Somali: Qudus
- South Azerbaijani: بیت المقدس
- South Azerbaijani: بیتالمقدس
- Spanish: Al Quds
- Spanish: Jerusalem
- Spanish: Jerusalen
- Spanish: Jerusalén
- Spanish: Yerushalayim
- Sranan Tongo: Jerusalem
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵍⵇⵓⴷⵙ
- Sundanese: Yerusalem
- Swahili: Yerusalemu
- Swedish: Jerusalem
- Swiss German: Jerusalem
- Sylheti: ꠄꠞꠥꠡꠣꠟꠦꠝ
- Syriac: ܐܘܪܫܠܡ
- Syriac: ܨܗܝܘܢ
- Tagalog: Herusalem
- Tagalog: Jerusalem
- Tajik: Иерусалим
- Tajik: Уршалим
- Talysh: Quds
- Talysh: Ǧuds
- Tamil: எருசலேம்
- Tamil: ஜெருசலேம்
- Tamil: ஜெருஸெலம்
- Tamil: யெரூசலம்
- Tatar: Иерусалим
- Tatar: Котдус
- Tatar: Үршәлим
- Telugu: జెరూసలేం
- Thai: เยรูซาเลม
- Tibetan: ཇེ་རུ་ས་ལེམ།
- Tok Pisin: Yerusalem
- Tosk Albanian: Jerusalem
- Tumbuka: Jerusalem
- Turkish: Kudüs
- Turkish: Yeruşalayim
- Turkish: Yeruşalim
- Turkmen: Iýerusalim
- Twi: Yerusalem
- Tyap: Al-Quds
- Tyap: Urusha̱lima
- Tyap: Yerushalayim
- Udmurt: Иерусалим
- Uighur: قۇددۇس
- Uighur: قۇدس
- Uighur: يېرۇسالېم
- Ukrainian: Єрусалим
- Upper Sorbian: Jerusalem
- Upper Sorbian: Jeruzalem
- Urdu: القدس
- Urdu: بیت المقدس
- Urdu: قدس
- Urdu: یروشلم
- Uzbek: Quddus
- Venetian: Hierusalem
- Venetian: Jeruzałeme
- Veps: Jerusalim
- Vietnamese: Jerusalem
- Vlax Romani: Jerusalem
- Volapük: Hierusalem
- Võro: Jeruusalemm
- Walloon: Djeruzalem
- Waray (Philippines): Jerusalem
- Waray (Philippines): Jerusalén
- Welsh: Jeriwsalem
- Welsh: Jerwsalem
- Western Armenian: Երուսաղէմ
- Western Frisian: Jeruzalim
- Western Panjabi: القدس
- Western Panjabi: یروشلم
- Wolof: Jerusalem
- Wu Chinese: 耶路撒冷
- Xhosa: IJerusalem
- Yakut: Иерусалим
- Yiddish: ירושלים
- Yoruba: Jerusalem
- Yoruba: Jerúsálẹ́mù
- Yue Chinese: 耶路撒冷
- Zeeuws: Jeruzalem
- Zulu: IYerusalem
- Al-Kuds
- Bayt al-Maqdis
- Bayt al-Muqaddas
- City of David
- El Kuds
- El Quds esh Sherif
- Ir David
- Ir Ha-Qdoosha
- Ir Ha-Qodesh
- Jeruusalem
- Kouds
- Kudus
- Yirushalāyim
- al-Balat
- al-Quds aš-Šarīf
- ma tomo Jelusalen
- យេរូសាឡឹម
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