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Background and figures as recorded in the CIA World Factbook.

Israel has become a regional economic and military powerhouse, leveraging its prosperous high-tech sector, large defense industry, and concerns about Iran to foster partnerships around the world. The State of Israel was established in 1948. The UN General Assembly proposed in 1947 partitioning the British Mandate for Palestine into an Arab and Jewish state. The Jews accepted the proposal, but the local Arabs and the Arab states rejected the UN plan and launched a war. The Arabs were subsequently defeated in the 1947-1949 war that followed the UN proposal and the British withdrawal.

Capital
Jerusalem
Government
parliamentary democracy
Population
9,402,617
Area
21,937 sq km
Location
Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Lebanon
Climate
temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas
Natural resources
timber; potash; copper ore; natural gas; phosphate rock; magnesium bromide…
Languages
Hebrew (official); Arabic (special status under Israeli law); English (most commonly used foreign language)
Religions
Jewish 73.5%; Muslim 18.1%; Christian 1.9%; Druze 1.6%…
Independence
14 May 1948 (following League of Nations mandate under British administration)
Administrative divisions
6 districts (mehozot, singular - mehoz); Central, Haifa, Jerusalem, Northern, Southern, Tel Aviv
Currency
new Israeli shekels (ILS)
Export partners
USA 29%; China 10%; Ireland 6%; Germany 4%…
Import partners
China 17%; USA 12%; Germany 7%; Turkey 6%…

Source: CIA World Factbook — a work of the US government, in the public domain

Subdivisions

6 on file. Listed because operations, tax and reporting are usually organised at this level rather than nationally.

NameTypeCode
HaDaromDistrictIL-D
HaZafonDistrictIL-Z
HaifaDistrictIL-HA
HaMerkazDistrictIL-M
JerusalemDistrictIL-JM
Tel AvivDistrictIL-TA

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Currency
new Israeli shekels (ILS)
Languages
Hebrew (official); Arabic (special status under Israeli law); English (most commonly used foreign language)
Government
parliamentary democracy
Climate
temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas

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