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Jerusalem

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

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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
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The Levant, Regions

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

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1. Jerusalem (Wikipedia)
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125,156 dunams (125.156 km2; 48.323 sq mi)
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In 2024 Jerusalem had a population of 1,050,153.
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1. Jerusalem (Wikipedia)
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Its origins trace back to around 3000 BCE, with the first settlement near the Gihon Spring.
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754 m (2,474 ft)
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31°46′44″N 35°13′32″E / 31.77889°N 35.22556°E
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Population (2024) • Metropolis 1,050,153
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