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Capital: Jerusalem Population: 6mln Surface: 20,770 sq km Languages:
Arabic, Hebrew
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Golda Meir became Israel's Prime Minister in 1969. She was the world's second female Prime Minister after Mrs. Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka who was the first female Prime Minister of a country
Exact population: 6,352,117 note: includes about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem (July 2006 est.) Literacy: Total population: 95.4%; male: 97.3%; female: 93.6% Ethnicities: Jewish 80.1% (Europe/America-born 32.1%, Israel-born 20.8%, Africa-born 14.6%, Asia-born 12.6%), non-Jewish 19.9% (mostly Arab) (1996 est.) Land boundaries: Total: 1,017 km; border countries: Egypt 266 km, Gaza Strip 51 km, Jordan 238 km, Lebanon 79 km, Syria 76 km, West Bank 307 km Terrain: Negev desert in the south; low coastal plain; central mountains; Jordan Rift Valley Extremes: Lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m; highest point: Har Meron 1,208 m Imports: US 15%, Belgium 10.1%, Germany 7.5%, Switzerland 6.5%, UK 6.1% (2004) Exports: US 36.8%, Belgium 7.5%, Hong Kong 4.9% (2004) Industries: High-technology projects (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, metals products, chemical products, plastics, diamond cutting, textiles and footwear
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