6/26/2008

State of Israel 以色列

Capital
Jerusalem
Area - 20,770 km2
Population - 7,900,117 (2008 est.)

Language -
Hebrew (official),
Yiddish, Ladino (Judeo-Spanish),
Judeo-Arabic (official) used by Arab minority,
Russian and English most commonly used foreign languages .

Religion -
Jewish 89%,
Muslim 8% (mostly Sunni Muslim),
Christian 1%,
other 1% (2008 est.)

Government - Parliamentary Democracy.
Currency - 1 New Israeli Sheqel (NIS, code:ILS, symbols ש"ח and ₪) = 100 agorot.
Electricity - 230V/50Hz (Israeli plug).
Calling Code - 972
Internet TLD - .il
Time Zone - UTC +2/DST +3