Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the largest city of Israel. Israel claim it is their capital and a few countries including the United States recognize that claim, but most other countries and the United Nations do not.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Old City and East Jerusalem.

The of Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually.

is the part of Jerusalem that belongs to the Palestinian territories. The walled is formally part of it, but is discussed in its own article.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Israel Museum and Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Museum
The is an art and archaeology museum in Jerusalem. It was established in 1965 as 's largest and foremost cultural institution, and an encyclopedic museum.

Mosque
The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel, is the main congregational mosque or in the compound in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Place of worship
Photo: Wikimedia, GFDL.
The is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the in the . It is the world's oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture, the earliest archaeologically-attested religious structure to be built by a Muslim ruler and contains the earliest inscriptions proclaiming Islam and the prophet Muhammad.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Jerusalem and Haredi.

represents the modern commercial heart of the city, which was the focus for development in the capital from the time of Israeli independence in 1948 to the reunification of the city with the Six Day War in 1967.

or Chareidi Jerusalem refers to the parts of Jerusalem which are overwhelmingly populated by Jews. More than a third of Jerusalem's population, and more than 60% of Jewish youth in Jerusalem, are .

is a secluded village suburb on the outskirts of West Jerusalem. Surrounded by hills dotted with olive and cypress trees, the village is refreshingly quiet although only a 20-minute bus ride southwest of the city centre.

Jerusalem

Latitude
31.7788° or 31° 46′ 44″ north
Longitude
35.2258° or 35° 13′ 33″ east
Population
780,000
Elevation
786 metres (2,579 feet)
IATA airport code
JRS
Open location code
8G3QQ6HG+G8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29090735
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
281184
Wiki­data ID
Q1218
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zulu—“Jerusalem” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: Al-Quds
  • Afrikaans: Jerusalem
  • Akkadian: Urušalim
  • Albanian: Jerusalemi
  • Albanian: Jeruzalemi
  • Amharic: እየሩሳሌም
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Hierosolyma
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Hierousalēm
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Αριηλ
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ιεβους
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ιεροσολυμα
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ιεροσόλυμα
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ἱεροσόλυμα
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ιερουσαλημ
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ἱερουσαλήμ
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Μωριας
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Σαλημ
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Σιων
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Σολυμα
  • Angika: येरुशलम
  • Arabic: أورسالم
  • Arabic: أورشليم القدس
  • Arabic: أورشليم
  • Arabic: أُورشَليم
  • Arabic: أولى القبلتين
  • Arabic: إيلياء
  • Arabic: اريئيل
  • Arabic: البلا
  • Arabic: القدس الشريف
  • Arabic: القدس
  • Arabic: القُدس
  • Arabic: القُدْس
  • Arabic: بيت المقدس
  • Arabic: ساليم
  • Arabic: صهيون
  • Arabic: لقدس
  • Arabic: مدينة القدس
  • Arabic: مريّا
  • Arabic: ورشليم
  • Arabic: يبوس
  • Aragonese: Cherusalem
  • Armenian: Երուսաղեմ
  • Assamese: জেৰুজালেম
  • Asturian: Xerusalén
  • Avaric: Байтул Макъдис
  • Awadhi: जेरुशलम
  • Azerbaijani: Əl-Qüds
  • Azerbaijani: Qüds
  • Azerbaijani: Yeruşalayim
  • Azerbaijani: Yerusəlim
  • Balinese: Yerusalem
  • Bambara: Jerusalem
  • Banjar: Baitul Maqdis
  • Bashkir: Иерусалим
  • Bashkir: Ҡодос
  • Basque: Jerusalem
  • Bavarian: Jerusalem
  • Belarusian: Еерусалім
  • Belarusian: Ерузалем
  • Belarusian: Ерусалім
  • Belarusian: Іерусалім
  • Bengali: আল কুদস
  • Bengali: আল-কুদস
  • Bengali: জেরুসালেম
  • Bengali: যিরূশালেম
  • Betawi: Bétulmegedis
  • Bhojpuri: जेरूसलम
  • Bosnian: Jerusalem
  • Bosnian: Jerusalim
  • Bosnian: Jeruzalem
  • Breton: Jeruzalem
  • Bulgarian: Ерусалим
  • Bulgarian: Йерусалим
  • Burmese: ဂျေရုဆလင်မြို့
  • Catalan: Jerusalem
  • Cebuano: Jerusalen
  • Central Bikol: Herusalem
  • Central Kanuri: Jerusalem
  • Central Kurdish: ئورشەلیم
  • Chamorro: Jerusalem
  • Chavacano: Jerusalem
  • Chavacano: Jerusalén
  • Chechen: Къудс-ГӀала
  • Cherokee: ᏥᎷᏏᎳᎻ
  • Chinese: Iâ-lō͘-sat-léng
  • Chinese: 以色列的首都
  • Chinese: 耶路撒冷
  • Church Slavic: Иѥръісалимъ
  • Church Slavic: Їєроусалимъ
  • Chuvash: Иерусалим
  • Chuvash: Мĕрселин
  • Cornish: Jerusalem
  • Cornish: Yerusalem
  • Corsican: Gerusaleme
  • Corsican: Ghjerusaleme
  • Cree: ᒉᕒᐅᓴᓬᐊᒼ
  • Crimean Tatar: Qudus
  • Croatian: Jeruzalem
  • Czech: Jerusalem
  • Czech: Jerusalém
  • Czech: Jeruzalem
  • Czech: Jeruzalém
  • Dagbani: Jerusalem
  • Danish: Davids By
  • Danish: Den Gyldne Stad
  • Danish: Fredens By
  • Danish: Jerusalem
  • Danish: Zions Stad
  • Dhivehi: އޫރުޝަލީމް
  • Dhivehi: ޤުދުސް
  • Dimli (individual language): Urşelim
  • Dotyali: जेरुशलम
  • Dutch: Jeruzalem
  • Eastern Mari: Иерусалим
  • Egyptian Arabic: القدس
  • Erzya: Иерусалим
  • Esperanto: Jeruŝalajim
  • Esperanto: Jerusalem
  • Esperanto: Jerusalemo
  • Esperanto: Urŝalim al-Quds
  • Estonian: Jeruusalemm
  • Extremaduran: Jerusalén
  • Faroese: Jerúsalem
  • Fiji Hindi: Jerusalem
  • Fijian: Jerusalemi
  • Finnish: Jerusalem
  • French: Al Quds
  • French: Hiérosolyme
  • French: Jerusalem
  • French: Jérusalem
  • French: Salem
  • French: Solyme
  • French: ville sainte
  • French: ville trois fois sainte
  • French: Yerushaláyim
  • Friulian: Jerusalem
  • Galician: Xerusalén
  • Gan Chinese: 耶路撒冷
  • Georgian: იერუსალიმი
  • German: al-Quds
  • German: Al-Quds
  • German: Jerusalem
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Jerusalem
  • Gothic: Iairusalem
  • Gothic: Iairusaulwma
  • Gothic: 𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌼
  • Gothic: 𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍅𐌼𐌰/Iairusaulwma
  • Gothic: 𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍅𐌼𐌰
  • Greek: Ιεροσόλυμα
  • Greek: Ιερουσαλήμ
  • Guarani: Herusalẽ
  • Guianese Creole French: Jérusalem
  • Gujarati: જેરુસલેમ
  • Haitian: Jerizalèm
  • Hakka Chinese: Yâ-lu-sat-lâng
  • Hausa: Jerusalem
  • Hawaiian: Ielukalema
  • Hebrew: אֵילִיָּה קַפִּיטוֹלִינָה
  • Hebrew: אריאל
  • Hebrew: הַקֹּדֶשׁ
  • Hebrew: הר המוריה
  • Hebrew: י-ם
  • Hebrew: יבוס
  • Hebrew: יְבוּס
  • Hebrew: ירושלים
  • Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם
  • Hebrew: ירושלם
  • Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַםִ
  • Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלָםִ
  • Hebrew: מוריה
  • Hebrew: מוֹרִיָּה
  • Hebrew: עיר הקודש
  • Hebrew: ציון
  • Hebrew: צִיּוֹן
  • Hebrew: שלם
  • Hebrew: שָׁלֵם
  • Hiligaynon: Herusalem
  • Hiligaynon: Jerusalem
  • Hindi: अल कुद्स
  • Hindi: जेरूसैलम
  • Hindi: यरुशलम
  • Hindi: येरुशलम
  • Hindi: येरूसलम
  • Hungarian: Jeruzsálem
  • Iban: Jerusalem
  • Icelandic: Jerúsalem
  • Ido: Ierusalem
  • Igbo: Jerusalem
  • Iloko: Herusalem
  • Inari Sami: Jerusalem
  • Indonesian: Aelia Capitolina
  • Indonesian: Al-Quds
  • Indonesian: Yerusalem
  • Ingush: Байтулмакъдис
  • Interlingua: Jerusalem
  • Interlingue: Jerusalem
  • Irish: Iarúsailéim
  • Italian: Al-Quds
  • Italian: Gerusalemme
  • Jamaican Creole English: Jiruusalem
  • Japanese: アル=クズ
  • Japanese: アル=クドゥス
  • Japanese: エルサレム
  • Javanese: Yérusalem
  • Kabardian: Къудс Къалэ
  • Kabiyè: Jeruzalɛm
  • Kabyle: Orcalim
  • Kabyle: Uṛacalim
  • Kabyle: Urcalim
  • Kalaallisut: Jerusalem
  • Kannada: ಜೆರುಸಲೆಂ
  • Kannada: ಜೆರುಸಲೇಮ್
  • Kara-Kalpak: Al-Qudıs
  • Kashmiri: القُدس
  • Kashmiri: یروشلم
  • Kashubian: Jerozolëma
  • Kazakh: Әл-Құдыс
  • Kazakh: Иерусалим
  • Khmer: ເຢ​ຣູ​ຊາ​ເລັມ
  • Khmer: យេរូសាឡឹម
  • Kikuyu: Jerusalem
  • Kinaray-A: ang Kudz
  • Kinaray-A: Herusalen
  • Kinyarwanda: Yerusalemu
  • Kirghiz: Иерусалим
  • Kirghiz: Кудус
  • Komering: Yerussalem
  • Komi: Иерусалим
  • Korean: 꾸드스
  • Korean: 알쿠드스
  • Korean: 예루살렘
  • Korean: 예루샬라임
  • Kurdish: Orşelîm
  • Ladin: Ierusalem
  • Ladino: Yerushalayim
  • Lao: ເຢ​ຣູ​ຊາ​ເລັມ
  • Latin: Aelia Capitolina
  • Latin: Colonia Aelia Capitolina
  • Latin: Hierosolyma
  • Latin: Hierusalem
  • Latin: Iebus
  • Latin: Moria
  • Latin: Salem
  • Latin: Sion
  • Latvian: Jeruzaleme
  • Lezghian: Иерусалим
  • Lezghian: Ярусалим
  • Ligurian: Gerusalemme
  • Limburgan: Jeruzalem
  • Lingala: Yerusalémi
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Ieruxalim
  • Literary Chinese: 耶路撒冷
  • Lithuanian: al Kudsas
  • Lithuanian: Jeruzalė
  • Livvi: Jerusalimu
  • Lombard: Gerüsalem
  • Low German: Jerusalem
  • Low German: Jeruzalem
  • Lower Sorbian: Jeruzalem
  • Luxembourgish: Jerusalem
  • Macedonian: Ерусалим
  • Maithili: जेरुसेलम
  • Malagasy: Jerosalema
  • Malagasy: Jerusalem
  • Malay: Al-Quds
  • Malay: Baitulmakdis
  • Malay: Baitulmaqdis
  • Malay: Baitulmuqaddis
  • Malay: Yerusalem
  • Malay: بيت المقدس
  • Malayalam: ജെറുസലേം
  • Maltese: Ġerusalemm
  • Manx: Jerusalem
  • Maori: Hiruharama
  • Maori: Hiruhārama
  • Marathi: अल कुद्स
  • Marathi: जेरुसलेम
  • Mazanderani: اورشلیم القدس
  • Mazanderani: اورشلیم
  • Mesopotamian Arabic: القدس
  • Min Dong Chinese: Ià-lô-sák-lēng
  • Min Nan Chinese: Ia-lō͘-sat-léng
  • Min Nan Chinese: Ia-lo͘-sat-leng
  • Min Nan Chinese: Iâ-lō͘-sat-léng
  • Min Nan Chinese: Ia-lō·-sat-léng
  • Min Nan Chinese: Iâ-lō·-sat-léng
  • Min Nan Chinese: Jerusalem
  • Min Nan Chinese: Yerushalayim
  • Min Nan Chinese: Yerushaláyim
  • Minangkabau: Yerusalem
  • Mingrelian: იერუსალიმი
  • Mirandese: Jarusalen
  • Moksha: Ерусалим
  • Mongolian: Иерусалим
  • Moroccan Arabic: لقدس
  • Narom: Jérusalem
  • Narom: Jérusalème
  • Neapolitan: Gierusalemme
  • Nepali: जेरुसेलम
  • Newari: जेरुसालेम
  • Nigerian Pidgin: Jerusalem
  • Northern Frisian: Jerusalem
  • Northern Luri: ئوٙرشألیم
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Jerusalem
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Jorsal
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Jerusalem
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Jorsal
  • Norwegian: Jerusalem
  • Novial: Jerusalem
  • Nyanja: Jerusalem
  • Obolo: Jeruselem
  • Occitan (post 1500): Jerusalèm
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): יְרוּשְׁלֶם
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܐܘܪܫܠܡ
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Ierusalem
  • Old Norse: Jorsala
  • Old Norse: Jórsalaborg
  • Old Norse: Jórsalir
  • Oriya: ଜେରୁଜେଲମ
  • Oriya: ଜେରୁସାଲେମ
  • Ossetian: Иерусалим
  • Pampanga: Herusalin
  • Pampanga: ing Kudz
  • Pampanga: Yerusialáim
  • Panjabi: ਜੇਰੂਸਲਮ
  • Papiamento: Herusalem
  • Persian: اورسلیمان
  • Persian: اورشلیم
  • Persian: بَیْت‌المُقدَّس
  • Persian: قدس
  • Persian: قُدس
  • Picard: Jérusalem
  • Piemontese: Gerusalem
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Jerusalem
  • Polish: Al-Kuds
  • Polish: Jerozolima
  • Polish: Jeruzalem
  • Pontic: Ιερουσαλήμ
  • Portuguese: Aelia Capitolina
  • Portuguese: Al-Quds
  • Portuguese: J’lem
  • Portuguese: Jerusalém, Oriente Médio
  • Portuguese: Jerusalém
  • Portuguese: Yerushalayim
  • Pushto: بيت المقدس
  • Quechua: Hirusalim
  • Quechua: Yerushalayim
  • Romanian: Ierusalim
  • Romansh: Jerusalem
  • Rundi: Jerusalem
  • Russia Buriat: Иерусалим
  • Russian: аль-К̣удс
  • Russian: Иерусалим
  • Russian: Йерушала
  • Russian: Уршалим-аль-К̣удс
  • Russian: Уршалим
  • Rusyn: Єрусалим
  • Sakizaya: Ey-lu-sa-len
  • Samoan: Ierusalema
  • Samogitian: Jerozalė
  • Santali: ᱡᱮᱨᱩᱥᱟᱞᱤᱢ
  • Sardinian: Gerusalemme
  • Saterfriesisch: Jerusalem
  • Scots: al-Quds
  • Scots: Al-Quds
  • Scots: Jerusalem
  • Scottish Gaelic: Ierusalem
  • Serbian: Јерусалим
  • Serbo-Croatian: Jeruzalem
  • Shona: Jerusalem
  • Shona: Jerusarema
  • Sicilian: Girusalemmi
  • Silesian: Jerozolima
  • Sindhi: بيت المقدس
  • Sindhi: يروشلم
  • Sinhala: ජෙරුසලම
  • Sinhala: ජෙරුසෙලම
  • Slovak: Jeruzalem
  • Slovenian: Jeruzalem
  • Somali: Qudus
  • South Azerbaijani: بیت المقدس
  • South Azerbaijani: بیت‌المقدس
  • Spanish: Al Quds
  • Spanish: Jerusalem
  • Spanish: Jerusalen
  • Spanish: Jerusalén
  • Spanish: Yerushalayim
  • Sranan Tongo: Jerusalem
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵍⵇⵓⴷⵙ
  • Sundanese: Yerusalem
  • Sundanese: Yérusalém
  • Sundanese: ᮚᮦᮛᮥᮞᮜᮦᮙ᮪
  • Swahili: Aelia Capitolina
  • Swahili: Al-Quds
  • Swahili: J’lem
  • Swahili: Yerusalemu
  • Swahili: Yerushalayim
  • Swedish: Jerusalem
  • Swiss German: Jerusalem
  • Sylheti: ꠄꠞꠥꠡꠣꠟꠦꠝ
  • Syriac: ܐܘܪܫܠܡ
  • Syriac: ܨܗܝܘܢ
  • Tagalog: Herusalem
  • Tagalog: Jerusalem
  • Tajik: Иерусалим
  • Tajik: Уршалим
  • Talysh: Ǧuds
  • Talysh: Quds
  • Tamil: எருசலேம்
  • Tatar: Иерусалим
  • Tatar: Котдус
  • Tatar: Үршәлим
  • Telugu: జెరూసలేం
  • Thai: เยรูซาเลม
  • Tibetan: ཇེ་རུ་ས་ལེམ།
  • Tok Pisin: Yerusalem
  • Tosk Albanian: Jerusalem
  • Tumbuka: Jerusalem
  • Turkish: Kudüs
  • Turkish: Yeruşalayim
  • Turkish: Yeruşalim
  • Turkmen: Iýerusalim
  • Turkmen: Kudus
  • Twi: Yerusalem
  • Tyap: Al-Quds
  • Tyap: Urusha̱lima
  • Tyap: Yerushalayim
  • Udmurt: Иерусалим
  • Uighur: قۇددۇس
  • Uighur: قۇدس
  • Uighur: يېرۇسالېم
  • Ukrainian: Єрусалим
  • Upper Sorbian: Jerusalem
  • Upper Sorbian: Jeruzalem
  • Urdu: القدس
  • Urdu: بیت المقدس
  • Urdu: قدس
  • Urdu: یروشلم
  • Uzbek: Quddus
  • Venetian: Hierusalem
  • Venetian: Jeruzałeme
  • Veps: Jerusalim
  • Vietnamese: Giê-ru-sa-lem
  • Vietnamese: Giêrusalem
  • Vietnamese: Jerusalem
  • Vlax Romani: Jerusalem
  • Volapük: Hierusalem
  • Võro: Jeruusalemm
  • Walloon: Djeruzalem
  • Waray (Philippines): Jerusalem
  • Waray (Philippines): Jerusalén
  • Welsh: Caersalem
  • Welsh: Jeriwsalem
  • Welsh: Jerwsalem
  • Western Armenian: Երուսաղէմ
  • Western Frisian: Jeruzalim
  • Western Panjabi: القدس
  • Western Panjabi: یروشلم
  • Wolof: Jerusalem
  • Wu Chinese: 耶路撒冷
  • Xhosa: IJerusalem
  • Yakut: Иерусалим
  • Yiddish: ירושלים
  • Yoruba: Jerusalem
  • Yoruba: Jerúsálẹ́mù
  • Yue Chinese: 耶路撒冷
  • Zeeuws: Jeruzalem
  • Zulu: IYerusalem
  • Gerusalemme
  • Ierusalem
  • Jerozalė
  • Jeruusalemm
  • ma tomo Jelusalawin
  • ma tomo Jelusalen
  • येरुशलम

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