Jerusalem ירושלים | |
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Eik-name(s): ', The Holy City[1] | |
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 | |
Kintra | ![]() |
Destrict | Jerusalem |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Mayor-cooncil |
• Bodi | Jerusalem municipality |
• Mayor | Zaki al-Ghul (east) Nir Barkat (west) |
Population | |
• Ceety | 865,721[2] |
• Density | 6400/km2 (17,000/sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,124,300[3] |
Ethnicity | |
Time zone | UTC+2 (IST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (IDT) |
Aurie code | +972 (Israel) 3 (Ceety) |
Website | jerusalem.muni.il |
Jerusalem (Hebrew: ירושלים, Yerushaláyim; Arabic: القدس, al-Quds, or أورشليم, ʔūrušalīm) is the lairgest ceety o Israel an some kintras merkit it as the caipital o Israel tho it haes nae internaitional kent heidhaund an is merkit as occupiet grund unner internaitional law. It haes a population o 719,900 indwallers. It is the destination o mony veesitors tae Israel. Jerusalem is merkit as a centre o three releegions (Judaism, Christianity an Islam). The ceety haes a lang history, datin back tae the 19t century BC.
Mony chiels claim that it shoudnae be kent as the caipital o Israel, as East Jerusalem is supposed tae be the Palestinian caipital.
The UN disnae recognise its status as the caipital o Israel as its anerly the caipital unner Israeli law an no internaitional law.
Aye branch o the Israeli govrenment is locatit in Jerusalem, includin the Knesset (Israel's pairliament), the residences o the Prime Meenister an Preses, an the Supreme Court. Jerusalem is hame tae the Ebreu University an tae the Israel Museum wi its Shrine o the Beuk. The Jerusalem Biblical Zoo haes ranked conseistently as Israel's tap tourist attraction for Israelis.
Further information: Names o Jerusalem |
A ceety cawed Rušalimum or Urušalimum (Foondation o Shalem)[4] appears in auncient Egyptian records as the first twa references tae Jerusalem, in c. 2000 BC an c. 1330 BC respectively.[5][6][7] The form Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) first appears in the Bible, in the beuk o Joshua. This form haes the appearance o a portmanteau (blend) oYireh (an abidin place o the fear an the service o God)[8] an the oreeginal ruit S-L-M an is no a semple phonetic evolution o the form in the Amarna letters. The meanin o the common ruit S-L-M is unkent but is thocht tae refer tae aither "peace" (Salam or Shalom in modren Arabic an Ebreu) or Shalim, the god o dusk in the Canaanite releegion.[9][10][11]
teepically the endin -im indicates the plural in Ebreu grammar an -ayim the dual sicweys leadin tae the suggestion that the name refers tae the fact that the ceety sits on twa hills.[12][13] Housomeivver the pronunciation o the last seellable as -ayim appears tae be a late development, which haed no yet appeared at the time o the Septuagint.
The tradeetion names the auldest settled neighbourhuid o Jerusalem the Ceety o David. "Zion" initially referred tae pairt o the ceety, but later came tae signify the ceety as a whole an as a metaphor for the Biblical Land o Israel. In Greek an Laitin the ceety's name wis transliteratit Hierosolyma (Ἱεροσόλυμα), awtho the ceety wis renamed Aelia Capitolina for pairt o the Roman period o its history. In Arabic, Jerusalem is maist commonly kent as القُدس, transliteratit as al-Quds an meanin "The Holy".
Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Israel |