Relative
location: Israel is located in the Middle East which includes 21 countries (World
Regional Geography). The western border
of Israel is the Mediterranean Sea, the southwest boarder is Egypt, the eastern
border is Jordan and the West Bank, to the north is Lebanon and to the north
east is Syria. Israel encompasses 8,550
sq. miles Jerusalem is the capital of Israel (Atlas of the Middle East). This is where the population of Jews got
their name from this city (World Regional Geography). The city is located at Latitude 31o
47’ N Longitude 35o 14’E (Atlas of the Middle East). It sits west of
the West Bank and a short distance northwest from the Dead Sea which is the
lowest point on Earth (World Regional Geography).
Landscape
and Physical environment: Jerusalem itself
have an elevation 2,625 feet. Nearby is
the Jordan river and the arid mountains of Eastern Jordan. To the west is the coastal plains of the
Mediterranean Sea (Atlas of the Middle East).
Weather
and Climate: Average daily temperature
in January the high is 55o low is 41o, in July the high
is 88o and the low is 63o. Rainfall average monthly inches is 5.5” in January
and 0” in July. It is a semiarid Mediterranean
climate (Atlas of the Middle East).
Population
density: Population of Jerusalem is
711,000 (Atlas of the Middle East). The
population consists of Arabs, Jews, Hebrews, Israelites, and Muslims (World Regional
Geography). Average life expectancy is
80.3 years (Atlas of the Middle East).
Language
and Religion: Religions in Jerusalem Christianity, Muslim, Hebrew, Judaism, and
Islam (World Regional Geography).
Languages spoken in Jerusalem Israel are Hebrew, Arabic, English (Atlas
of the Middle East), Semitic, Afro-Asiatic, Islam (World Regional Geography).
Cultural
and ethnic groups: There are several different
groups that make Jerusalem home. These
groups are Jews, Muslims, Christians, Palestinian (World Regional Geography),
Azeris, Arabs, and Hebrew (Atlas of the Middle East).
Major
economic activities of Jerusalem are tourism because of all the holy and world
heritage sites, diamond cutting, electronic equipment, wood, furniture, paper
and printing, textiles, and service-based industries (Atlas of the Middle
East). Other economic areas of interest in
Jerusalem and the surrounding areas of Israel is oil (World Regional Geography).
Imports
and Exports: Israel is a major exporter of oil, high technology industries,
processing and sale of diamonds (World Regional Geography), electrical machinery
and equipment, computer equipment, and chemicals such as pot ash and phosphates. Merchandise exports for Israel totaled $42.7
billion USD (Atlas of the Middle East).
Major
imports are FDI from Jews and Jewish organizations around the world (World
Regional Geography). Major imports are
grain, raw materials, and military equipment that totaled $47.1 billion USD (Atlas
of the Middle East).
GNP:
For Israel is $25,800 per capita.
Hobbs, Joseph J. World Regional Geography. Cengage Learning, Inc,
2015.
Atlas of the Middle East.
Second ed., National Geographic, 2008.
Submitted by (Cory Lewis) on (4/13/2019).