Official Name: State of Israel
Surface area: 20,325 km².
Boundaries: To the north with Lebanon and Syria, to the east with Syria (Golan Heights), the West Bank and Jordan, to the south with the Gaza Strip, Egypt and Jordan. To the west with the Mediterranean Sea (territorial sea of Cyprus).
Population: 9,291,000, of which 6,870,000 are Jews (73.9%), 1,956,000 are Arabs (21.1%) and some 456,000 are Druze, Circassians and others (5%).
Capital: the State of Israel has established Jerusalem as its capital.
Language: Hebrew (official), Arabic (special status, according to nation-state law).
Currency: shekel (New Israeli Shekel, NIS)
Religion: Judaism (74%), Islam (18%), Christianity (2%), Druzeism (1.6%), others (4%) Form of State: Parliamentary democratic republic.
Governance System
Israel is a parliamentary democracy with legislative, executive and judicial branches.
Geography : Israel is a Mediterranean country located in the Asian region of the Middle East, with a surface area equivalent to 4% of that of Spain. The terrain is not very rugged and the climate is typical of the region, that is, quite dry and hot, except in the coastal area where humidity is higher, with mild winters and summers with high temperatures and low rainfall (rainfall is more frequent between the months of December-February).
