Bayt al-Muqaddas
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Jerusalem |
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From upper left: Jerusalem skyline looking north from St. Elijah Monastery, a souq in the Old City, Mamilla Mall, the Knesset, the Dome of the Rock, the citadel (known as the Tower of David) and the Old City walls, and the Western Wall.
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| Nickname(s): Ir ha-Kodesh (The Holy City), Bayt al-Maqdis (House of the Holiness) |
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 Jerusalem
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| Coordinates: 31°47′N 35°13′E / 31.783°N 35.217°ECoordinates: 31°47′N 35°13′E / 31.783°N 35.217°E | |||
| Administered by |
 Israel
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| Claimed by | Israel and Palestine | ||
| Israeli district |
 Jerusalem
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| Palestinian governorate | Jerusalem | ||
| Gihon Spring settlement | 4500 BCE | ||
| City of David | 1010 BCE | ||
| Present Old City walls built | 1541 | ||
| East-West Jerusalem division | 1948 | ||
| Reunification | 1967 | ||
| Jerusalem Law | 1980 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Mayor–council | ||
| • Body | Jerusalem Municipality | ||
| • Israeli mayor | Nir Barkat (Likud) | ||
| • Palestinian mayor (East) | Zaki al-Ghul (titular) | ||
| Area | |||
| • City | 125,156 dunams (125.156 km2 or 48.323 sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 652,000 dunams (652 km2 or 252 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 754 m (2,474 ft) | ||
| Population (2016) | |||
| • City | 882,652 | ||
| • Density | 7,100/km2 (18,000/sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 1,253,900 | ||
| Demonym(s) |
Jerusalemite (Yerushalmi) /Maqdisi |
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| Demographics (2016) | |||
| • Jewish | 64% | ||
| • Arab | 35% | ||
| • others | 1% | ||
| Time zone | IST, PST (UTC+02:00) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | IDT, PDT (UTC+03:00) | ||
| Postal code | 9XXXXXX | ||
| Area code | +972-2 | ||
| Website | jerusalem.muni.il (Israeli) | ||
| Official name | Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls | ||
| Type | Cultural | ||
| Criteria | ii, iii, vi | ||
| Designated | 1981 | ||
| Reference no. | 148 | ||
| Region | Jerusalem District | ||
| Endangered | 1982–present | ||
Jerusalem (/dʒəˈruːsələm/; Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם 
Yerushaláyim; Arabic: القُدس al-Quds) is a city in the Middle East, located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the oldest cities in the world, and is considered holy to the three major Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Israelis and Palestinians both claim Jerusalem as their capital, as Israel maintains its primary governmental institutions there and the State of Palestine ultimately foresees it as its seat of power; however, neither claim is widely recognized internationally.
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