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Jerusalem

Also Known As Yerushalayim (Hebrew) · Al-Quds (Arabic, meaning the Holy)
Western Asia

Jerusalem is an ancient hill city in the highlands of the eastern Mediterranean, built across a set of ridges and valleys that shaped its walled Old City and its long history as a crossroads of trade and pilgrimage routes across the Levant. Its religious significance to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is treated in full on the family's Divinity Atlas; here it is described in its geographic frame, a hilltop settlement whose defensible terrain and freshwater springs, notably the Gihon Spring, explain why the site has been continuously inhabited for thousands of years.

Facts
Population
1,050,153 1
2024 figure.
Area (sq km)
125.156 1
Founding Year
3000 BCE 1
Circa; origins trace to the first settlement near the Gihon Spring.
Population Estimate Year
2024 1
Elevation (m)
754 1
Latitude
31.77889 degrees north 1
Longitude
35.22556 degrees east 1
Connections

Associated With

The Levant, Regions

Jerusalem sits in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains.

Source Jerusalem (Wikipedia)
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Location Of

The Council of Jerusalem

Also in Divinity Atlas: which took place in this subject.

The Great Assembly

Also in Divinity Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Westminster Assembly

Also in Divinity Atlas: which took place in this subject.

First Jewish-Roman War

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC)

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Site Of

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Black Madonna of Częstochowa

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Gershom Scholem

Also in Divinity Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Godfrey of Bouillon

Also in Divinity Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Hannah Rachel Verbermacher

Also in Divinity Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Maiden of Ludmir (Wikipedia)Article text
Quote, Article text
Later, she immigrated to the Land of Israel and settled in Jerusalem, where she attracted a small group of followers.
Helena

Also in Divinity Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Helena, mother of Constantine I (Wikipedia)lead paragraph
Quote, lead paragraph
In her final years, she made a religious tour of Syria Palaestina and Jerusalem, during which ancient tradition claims that she discovered the True Cross.
Joachim of Fiore

Also in Divinity Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Joachim of Fiore (Wikipedia)Article text
Quote, Article text
About 1159, he went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where he experienced a spiritual crisis and conversion in Jerusalem that turned him away from worldly life.
Nachmanides

Also in Divinity Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Ministry of Finance (Israel)

Also in Economics Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Also in Education Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; Hebrew: הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הָעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, romanized: HaUniversita HaIvrit b'Yerushalayim) is an Israeli public research university based in Jerusalem.
Knights Hospitaller

Also in History Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Knights Templar

Also in History Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Teutonic Order

Also in History Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Rabbinical Courts of Israel

Also in Law Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Supreme Court of Israel

Also in Law Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Also in Science Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Wikipedia)Lead, sentence 1
Quote, Lead, sentence 1
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; Hebrew: הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הָעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, romanized: HaUniversita HaIvrit b'Yerushalayim) is an Israeli public research university based in Jerusalem.

Found There

Assizes of Jerusalem

Also in Law Atlas: found in this subject.

Siege of Jerusalem (1187)

Also in War and Military Atlas: found in this subject.

Sources
1. Jerusalem (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox
    125,156 dunams (125.156 km2; 48.323 sq mi)
  • Lead section
    In 2024 Jerusalem had a population of 1,050,153.
  • History section
    Its origins trace back to around 3000 BCE, with the first settlement near the Gihon Spring.
  • Infobox, Elevation
    754 m (2,474 ft)
  • Infobox, coordinates
    31°46′44″N 35°13′32″E / 31.77889°N 35.22556°E
  • Article text
    In 2024 Jerusalem had a population of 1,050,153.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.View the Source
Wikidata: Jerusalem
  • Wikidata Q1218, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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