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1 | Israel FeatureType : country Elevation : 788 Lat/Lng : 31.7792 / 35.2236 | Israel , officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, located on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. It has land borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian territories of the (...) | |
2 | Geography of Israel FeatureType : null Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : 32.0761 / 34.7833 | The geography of Israel is very diverse, with desert conditions in the south, and snow-capped mountains in the north. Israel is located at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea in western Asia. It is bounded to the north by Lebanon, the northeast by Syria, the east by Jordan and the West Bank, (...) | |
3 | Gaza Strip FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 31.4167 / 34.3333 | The Gaza Strip (;The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza..." (...) | |
4 | Golan Heights FeatureType : null Elevation : 501 Lat/Lng : 32.9817 / 35.7494 | The Golan Heights (or , , (audio)), or simply the Golan, is a region in the Levant, spanning about . The region defined as the Golan Heights differs between disciplines: as a geological and biogeographical region, the Golan Heights is a basaltic plateau bordered by the Yarmouk River in the south, (...) | |
5 | West Bank FeatureType : null Elevation : 549 Lat/Lng : 32.0 / 35.3833 | The West Bank ('; ' or ')Ginges, Jeremy, and Scott Atran. "Sacred values and cultural conflict." Advances in culture and psychology 4 (2013): 278-279. quote: Notwithstanding its abstractness, to religious settlers many of the more significant places that they lay claim to—from the old city of (...) | |
6 | Herzliya FeatureType : city Elevation : 63 Lat/Lng : 32.1653 / 34.8458 | Herzliya is an affluent city in the central coast of Israel, at the Northern part of the Tel Aviv District known for its robust start-up and entrepreneurial culture. In it had a population of . Named after Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, Herzliya covers an area of (...) | |
7 | Arad, Israel FeatureType : null Elevation : 606 Lat/Lng : 31.256 / 35.2132 | Arad ((audio);) is a city in the Southern District of Israel. It is located on the border of the Negev and Judean Deserts, west of the Dead Sea and east of Beersheba. The city is home to a diverse population of , including Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews, both secular and religious, Bedouins and Black (...) | |
8 | Holon FeatureType : city Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 32.0167 / 34.7667 | Holon ((audio); Ḥūlūn) is a city on the central coastal strip south of Tel Aviv, Israel. Holon is part of the metropolitan Gush Dan area. In it had a population of . Holon has the second-largest industrial zone in Israel, after Haifa. (...) | |
9 | Sinai Peninsula FeatureType : null Elevation : 725 Lat/Lng : 29.5 / 33.8333 | The Sinai Peninsula or simply Sinai (now usually) is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia. It is situated between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south, and is a land bridge between Asia and Africa (...) | |
10 | Acre, Israel FeatureType : city Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 32.9276 / 35.0816 | Acre (or , , ʻAko, most commonly spelled as Akko; , ʻAkkā)Other spellings and historical names of the city include Accho, Acco and (Bahá'í orthography) Akká, or formerly Aak, Ake, Akre, Akke, Ocina, Antiochia Ptolemais , Antiochenes, Ptolemais Antiochenes, Ptolemais or Ptolemaïs, Colonia Claudii (...) | |
11 | Ben Gurion Airport FeatureType : airport Elevation : 37 Lat/Lng : 32.0094 / 34.8828 | Ben Gurion Airport , commonly known as Natbag , is the main international airport of Israel and the busiest airport in the country, located on the northern outskirts of the city of Lod, which is about northwest of Jerusalem and to the southeast of Tel Aviv (...) | |
12 | Knesset FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 795 Lat/Lng : 31.7767 / 35.2052 | The Knesset (; lit. "the gathering"The Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford University Press, 2005 or "assembly"; ') is the unicameral national legislature of Israel. As the legislative branch of the Israeli government, the Knesset passes all laws, elects the President and Prime Minister (although (...) | |
13 | Jerusalem FeatureType : city Elevation : 802 Lat/Lng : 31.7833 / 35.2167 | Jerusalem (; Yerushaláyim;) is a city in the Middle East, located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the oldest cities in the world, and is considered holy to the three major Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (...) | |
14 | Ashdod FeatureType : null Elevation : 27 Lat/Lng : 31.7978 / 34.6503 | Ashdod (; or) is the sixth-largest city and the largest port in Israel accounting for 60% of the country's imported goods. Ashdod is located in the Southern District of the country, on the Mediterranean coast where it is situated between Tel Aviv to the North (away) and Ashkelon to the South (away) (...) | |
15 | Eilat FeatureType : null Elevation : 45 Lat/Lng : 29.5561 / 34.9509 | Eilat (; ; or , also) is Israel's southernmost city, a busy port and popular resort at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on the Gulf of Aqaba. The city's beaches, coral reef, nightlife and desert landscapes make it a popular destination for domestic and international tourism (...) | |
16 | Rehovot FeatureType : city Elevation : 47 Lat/Lng : 31.8942 / 34.812 | Rehovot is a city in the Central District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. In it had a population of . (...) | |
17 | Haifa FeatureType : null Elevation : 72 Lat/Lng : 32.8119 / 34.9987 | Haifa is the third-largest city in Israel – after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv– with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the second- or third-most populous metropolitan area in Israel (...) | |
18 | Netanya FeatureType : null Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 32.3333 / 34.85 | Netanya (lit., "God gave";) is a city in the Northern Central District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north (...) | |
19 | Beersheba FeatureType : null Elevation : 280 Lat/Lng : 31.2498 / 34.7997 | Beersheba, also Be'er Sheva (; help=no), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the center of the fourth most populous metropolitan area in Israel, the eighth most populous Israeli city with a population of , and the second (...) | |
20 | Lod FeatureType : null Elevation : 67 Lat/Lng : 31.9485 / 34.889 | Lod (; '; Latin: Lydda, Diospolis, Ancient Greek: Λύδδα / Διόσπολις - city of Zeus) is a city southeast of Tel Aviv in the Central District of Israel. In it had a population of . The name is derived from the Biblical city of Lod,The Madaba Mosaic Map, Jerusalem 1954, 61-62Yacobi, 2009, p (...) | |