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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2015
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2014
Dataset updated: 17th March 2015
Data Source: CIA Factbook
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Location: Middle East, west of Jordan, east of Israel
Geographic Coordinates: 32 00 N, 35 15 E
Map References: Middle East
Area: total: 5,860 sq km ; land: 5,640 sq km ; water: 220 sq km ; note: includes West Bank, Latrun Salient, and the northwest quarter of the Dead Sea, but excludes Mt. Scopus; East Jerusalem and Jerusalem No Man's Land are also included only as a means of depicting the entire area occupied by Israel in 1967
Area - Comparative: slightly smaller than Delaware
Terrain: mostly rugged dissected upland, some vegetation in west, but barren in east
Elevation Extremes(M): lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m ; highest point: Tall Asur 1,022 m
Land Boundaries(Km): total: 478 km ; border countries: Israel 330 km, Jordan 148 km
Coastline: 1,110 km
Maritime Claims: none (landlocked)
Geography - Note: landlocked; highlands are main recharge area for Israel's coastal aquifers; there are about 355 Israeli civilian sites including about 145 small outpost communities in the West Bank and 32 sites in East Jerusalem (2010 est.)