Facts for the Traveller

Population: 6801000
Area: 20770km²
Capital: Jerusalem
Currency: New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
Country dialing code: 972
Weights & Measures system: Metric
Electricity: 230V, 50Hz
Government type: parliamentary democracy
President: Shimon Peres
Prime Minister (acting): Tzipi Livni

Religions:

Jewish (76%), Muslim (16%), Christian (2%), Druze (1.5%), unspecified (4.5%)

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