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About 57% of Israel's population lives in the coastal plain, much of them in the Tel Aviv (Gush Dan) and Haifa metropolitan areas. [1] [2] [3] It is the most predominantly Jewish geographical region of Israel and accordingly the most predominantly Jewish region in the world, as Jews make up over 96% of the population in this region compared to 75% in the Negev, 70% in the Israeli portion of ...
To the west of Israel is the Mediterranean Sea, which makes up the majority of Israel's 273 km (170 mi) coastline, [3] and the Gaza Strip. Israel has a small coastline on the Red Sea in the south. Israel's area is approximately 20,770 km 2 (8,019 sq mi), which includes 445 km 2 (172 sq mi) of inland water.
Israel also has a small coastline on the Red Sea at its southernmost point, and part of the Dead Sea lies along its eastern border. Its proclaimed capital is in Jerusalem, [22] while Tel Aviv is the country's largest urban area and economic center.
The coastline paradox states that a coastline does not have a well-defined length. Measurements of the length of a coastline behave like a fractal, being different at different scale intervals (distance between points on the coastline at which measurements are taken). The smaller the scale interval (meaning the more detailed the measurement ...
Western Asian coast, from north to south Turkey [4] Cyprus [4] Northern Cyprus (recognized only by Turkey, see Cyprus problem) Akrotiri and Dhekelia (British Overseas Territory) Syria Lebanon [4] Israel [4] Palestine [4] Egypt (Sinai Peninsula) [4] Northern African coast, from east to west Egypt [4] Libya [4] Tunisia [4]
A road being built by the Israeli military splitting Gaza in two has reached the Mediterranean coast, a CNN analysis of satellite imagery shows. It’s part of a security plan to control the ...
A company drilling for natural gas off the coast of northern Israel discovered a 3,300-year-old ship and its cargo, one of the oldest known examples of a ship sailing far from land, the Israel ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Map 1: United Nations -derived boundary map of Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories (2007, updated to 2018) The modern borders of Israel exist as the result both of past wars and of diplomatic agreements between the State of Israel and its neighbours, as well as an effect of the agreements ...