JERUSALEM, ISRAEL

WELCOME

PHYSIOGRAPHICS

• Lebanon Mountains harbor cedar trees
• 238 km of coastline off the Mediterranean Sea
• The Negev Desert in the south is usually not fertile
• There is approximately 20,770 square km of land

CUISINE

• Falafel is balled, fried, mashed up chick peas
• Lemonana is a mint lemonade, usually served cold
• Schnitzel is chicken cutlets breaded and fried
• Pita bread is a flat, soft bread
• Hummus is a spread made out of mashed up chick peas

DEMOGRAPHICS

• The national GDP is 171,814,715,040 (in UK pounds) per year
• The GDP per capita is £22,113.27 a year
• The average life expectancy is 81.28 years
• Currently there are 7,821,850 persons in Israel, 99th in population rank
• 97.1% of the population in Israel is literate

REPRESENTATIVE RELIGIONS

• Judaism is the representative religion at 75.1%
• 17.4% of the population is also Arab
• 2% is Christian. 1.3% is Druze.
• The two major ethnic groups are Jewish and Arabic
• Main languages are Hebrew (official) and Arabic in some places

MAIN EXPORTS

• 20.5% of all Israeli exports are pharmaceuticals
• Cut diamonds control 5% of exports
• High technology equipment is a leading export
• Products from telephones to airplanes lead Israeli exports
• Exports are shipped to the U.S., U.K., the Netherlands, and China

NATURAL RECOURCES

• Natural gas fields cover Israeli coasts
• Mineral resources include copper and oil
• Agriculture, fishing, and farming are huge recources
• Power, from cole and oil burning, is also big

DESIRABLE DESTINATIONS

• Klei Zemer music and guitar shop
• Saphir music store on Ben Yehuda St.
• Newly built Payis Arena on Yerushalayim Payis Hall
• Uri-Buri Restaurant on 11 St. Ha-Hagana St.
• Your hotel, on 23 King David St., costs £1,000.43 a night for 5 people

TRAVELING TIPS (2-3 HOURS)

• Take the #99 "around the city" bus and relax during the ride
• Try out the Israeli Museum
• Explore Jerusalem and all it's great religious buildings

HAVE FUN!