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LOCATION:
Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Lebanon
AREA:
total: 20,770 sq km
CLIMATE:
temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas
NATURAL RESOURCES:
timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand
LANGUAGES:
Hebrew (official), Arabic (used officially for Arab minority), English (most commonly used foreign language)
RELIGIONS:
Jewish 75.1%, Muslim 17.4%, Christian 2%, Druze 1.6%, other 3.9% (2012 est.)
POPULATION:
7,821,850 (includes populations of the Golan Heights of Golan Sub-District and East Jerusalem, which was annexed by Israel after 1967) (July 2014 est.)
GOVERNMENT TYPE:
parliamentary democracy
CAPITAL:
Jerusalem
INDEPENDENCE:
14 May 1948 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration)
GDP – compisition by sector:
agriculture: 2.4%
industry: 25.7%
services: 71.9% (2014 est.)
AGRICULTURE – products:
citrus, vegetables, cotton; beef, poultry, dairy products
INDUSTRIES:
high-technology products (including aviation, communications, computer-aided design and manufactures, medical electronics, fiber optics), wood and paper products, potash and phosphates, food, beverages, and tobacco, caustic soda, cement, construction, metal products, chemical products, plastics, cut diamonds, textiles, footwear
EXPORTS:
$63.21 billion (2014 est.)
$61.96 billion (2013 est.)
EXPORTS – commodities:
machinery and equipment, software, cut diamonds, agricultural products, chemicals, textiles and apparel
EXPORTS – partners:
US 26.5%, Hong Kong 8.1%, UK 5.9%, Belgium 4.7%, China 4.3% (2013)
IMPORTS:
$69.73 billion (2014 est.)
$71.29 billion (2013 est.)
IMPORTS – commodities:
raw materials, military equipment, investment goods, rough diamonds, fuels, grain, consumer goods
IMPORTS – Partners:
US 11.3%, China 7.8%, Germany 6.5%, Switzerland 6.1%, Belgium 5.3% (2013)
AIRPORTS:
47 (2013)
PIPELINES:
gas 763 km; oil 442 km; refined products 261 km (2013)
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