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1 Israel  
FeatureType : country
Elevation : 788
Lat/Lng : 31.7792 / 35.2236
Israel , officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, located on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. It has land borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian territories of the (...)
2 Geography of Israel  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 21
Lat/Lng : 32.0761 / 34.7833
The geography of Israel is very diverse, with desert conditions in the south, and snow-capped mountains in the north. Israel is located at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea in western Asia. It is bounded to the north by Lebanon, the northeast by Syria, the east by Jordan and the West Bank, (...)
3 Gaza Strip  
FeatureType : adm1st
Elevation : 12
Lat/Lng : 31.4167 / 34.3333
The Gaza Strip (;The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza..." (...)
4 Golan Heights  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 501
Lat/Lng : 32.9817 / 35.7494
The Golan Heights (or , , (audio)), or simply the Golan, is a region in the Levant, spanning about . The region defined as the Golan Heights differs between disciplines: as a geological and biogeographical region, the Golan Heights is a basaltic plateau bordered by the Yarmouk River in the south, (...)
5 West Bank  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 549
Lat/Lng : 32.0 / 35.3833
The West Bank ('; ' or ')Ginges, Jeremy, and Scott Atran. "Sacred values and cultural conflict." Advances in culture and psychology 4 (2013): 278-279. quote: Notwithstanding its abstractness, to religious settlers many of the more significant places that they lay claim to—from the old city of (...)
6 Herzliya  
FeatureType : city
Elevation : 63
Lat/Lng : 32.1653 / 34.8458
Herzliya is an affluent city in the central coast of Israel, at the Northern part of the Tel Aviv District known for its robust start-up and entrepreneurial culture. In it had a population of . Named after Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, Herzliya covers an area of (...)
7 Arad, Israel  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 606
Lat/Lng : 31.256 / 35.2132
Arad ((audio);) is a city in the Southern District of Israel. It is located on the border of the Negev and Judean Deserts, west of the Dead Sea and east of Beersheba. The city is home to a diverse population of , including Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews, both secular and religious, Bedouins and Black (...)
8 Holon  
FeatureType : city
Elevation : 28
Lat/Lng : 32.0167 / 34.7667
Holon ((audio); Ḥūlūn) is a city on the central coastal strip south of Tel Aviv, Israel. Holon is part of the metropolitan Gush Dan area. In it had a population of . Holon has the second-largest industrial zone in Israel, after Haifa. (...)
9 Sinai Peninsula  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 725
Lat/Lng : 29.5 / 33.8333
The Sinai Peninsula or simply Sinai (now usually) is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia. It is situated between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south, and is a land bridge between Asia and Africa (...)
10 Acre, Israel  
FeatureType : city
Elevation : 7
Lat/Lng : 32.9276 / 35.0816
Acre (or , , ʻAko, most commonly spelled as Akko; , ʻAkkā)Other spellings and historical names of the city include Accho, Acco and (Bahá'í orthography) Akká, or formerly Aak, Ake, Akre, Akke, Ocina, Antiochia Ptolemais , Antiochenes, Ptolemais Antiochenes, Ptolemais or Ptolemaïs, Colonia Claudii (...)
11 Ben Gurion Airport  
FeatureType : airport
Elevation : 37
Lat/Lng : 32.0094 / 34.8828
Ben Gurion Airport , commonly known as Natbag , is the main international airport of Israel and the busiest airport in the country, located on the northern outskirts of the city of Lod, which is about northwest of Jerusalem and to the southeast of Tel Aviv (...)
12 Knesset  
FeatureType : landmark
Elevation : 795
Lat/Lng : 31.7767 / 35.2052
The Knesset (; lit. "the gathering"The Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford University Press, 2005 or "assembly"; ') is the unicameral national legislature of Israel. As the legislative branch of the Israeli government, the Knesset passes all laws, elects the President and Prime Minister (although (...)
13 Jerusalem  
FeatureType : city
Elevation : 802
Lat/Lng : 31.7833 / 35.2167
Jerusalem (; Yerushaláyim;) is a city in the Middle East, located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the oldest cities in the world, and is considered holy to the three major Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (...)
14 Ashdod  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 27
Lat/Lng : 31.7978 / 34.6503
Ashdod (; or) is the sixth-largest city and the largest port in Israel accounting for 60% of the country's imported goods. Ashdod is located in the Southern District of the country, on the Mediterranean coast where it is situated between Tel Aviv to the North (away) and Ashkelon to the South (away) (...)
15 Eilat  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 45
Lat/Lng : 29.5561 / 34.9509
Eilat (; ; or , also) is Israel's southernmost city, a busy port and popular resort at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on the Gulf of Aqaba. The city's beaches, coral reef, nightlife and desert landscapes make it a popular destination for domestic and international tourism (...)
16 Rehovot  
FeatureType : city
Elevation : 47
Lat/Lng : 31.8942 / 34.812
Rehovot is a city in the Central District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. In it had a population of . (...)
17 Haifa  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 72
Lat/Lng : 32.8119 / 34.9987
Haifa is the third-largest city in Israel – after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv– with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the second- or third-most populous metropolitan area in Israel (...)
18 Netanya  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 15
Lat/Lng : 32.3333 / 34.85
Netanya (lit., "God gave";) is a city in the Northern Central District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north (...)
19 Beersheba  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 280
Lat/Lng : 31.2498 / 34.7997
Beersheba, also Be'er Sheva (; help=no), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the center of the fourth most populous metropolitan area in Israel, the eighth most populous Israeli city with a population of , and the second (...)
20 Lod  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 67
Lat/Lng : 31.9485 / 34.889
Lod (; '; Latin: Lydda, Diospolis, Ancient Greek: Λύδδα / Διόσπολις - city of Zeus) is a city southeast of Tel Aviv in the Central District of Israel. In it had a population of . The name is derived from the Biblical city of Lod,The Madaba Mosaic Map, Jerusalem 1954, 61-62Yacobi, 2009, p (...)