# Jerusalem

| Jerusalem ירושלים  |
| --- |
| Ceety |
|  |
| BannerCoat airms |
| Eik-name(s): '**, *The Holy City |
| JerusalemLocation in Israel |
| Coordinates: ﻿ / ﻿ |
| Kintra |  Israel |
| Destrict | Jerusalem |
| Govrenment |
|  • Teep | Mayor-cooncil |
|  • Bodi | Jerusalem municipality |
|  • Mayor | Zaki al-Ghul (east) Nir Barkat (west) |
| Population |
|  • Ceety | 865,721 |
|  • Density | 6400/km2 (17,000/sq mi) |
|  • Metro | 1,124,300 |
| Ethnicity |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (IST) |
|  • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (IDT) |
| Aurie code | +972 (Israel) 3 (Ceety) |
| Website | jerusalem.muni.il |

**Jerusalem** (Hebrew: ירושלים‬, *Yerushaláyim*; Arabic: القدس‎, *al-Quds*, or أورشليم, *ʔūrušalīm*) is the lairgest ceety o Israel an some kintras merkit it as the caipital o Israel tho it haes nae internaitional kent heidhaund an is merkit as occupiet grund unner internaitional law. It haes a population o 719,900 indwallers. It is the destination o mony veesitors tae Israel. Jerusalem is merkit as a centre o three releegions (Judaism, Christianity an Islam). The ceety haes a lang history, datin back tae the 19t century BC.

Mony chiels claim that it shoudnae be kent as the caipital o Israel, as East Jerusalem is supposed tae be the Palestinian caipital.

The UN disnae recognise its status as the caipital o Israel as its anerly the caipital unner Israeli law an no internaitional law.

Aye branch o the Israeli govrenment is locatit in Jerusalem, includin the Knesset (Israel's pairliament), the residences o the Prime Meenister an Preses, an the Supreme Court. Jerusalem is hame tae the Ebreu University an tae the Israel Museum wi its Shrine o the Beuk. The Jerusalem Biblical Zoo haes ranked conseistently as Israel's tap tourist attraction for Israelis.

## Etymology

A ceety cawed *Rušalimum* or *Urušalimum* (Foondation o Shalem) appears in auncient Egyptian records as the first twa references tae Jerusalem, in c. 2000 BC an c. 1330 BC respectively. The form *Yerushalayim* (Jerusalem) first appears in the Bible, in the beuk o Joshua. This form haes the appearance o a portmanteau (blend) o*Yireh* (an abidin place o the fear an the service o God) an the oreeginal ruit S-L-M an is no a semple phonetic evolution o the form in the Amarna letters. The meanin o the common ruit S-L-M is unkent but is thocht tae refer tae aither "peace" (Salam or Shalom in modren Arabic an Ebreu) or Shalim, the god o dusk in the Canaanite releegion.

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teepically the endin *-im* indicates the plural in Ebreu grammar an *-ayim* the dual sicweys leadin tae the suggestion that the name refers tae the fact that the ceety sits on twa hills. Housomeivver the pronunciation o the last seellable as *-ayim* appears tae be a late development, which haed no yet appeared at the time o the Septuagint.

The tradeetion names the auldest settled neighbourhuid o Jerusalem *the Ceety o David*. "Zion" initially referred tae pairt o the ceety, but later came tae signify the ceety as a whole an as a metaphor for the Biblical Land o Israel. In Greek an Laitin the ceety's name wis transliteratit *Hierosolyma* (Ἱεροσόλυμα), awtho the ceety wis renamed Aelia Capitolina for pairt o the Roman period o its history. In Arabic, Jerusalem is maist commonly kent as القُدس, transliteratit as *al-Quds* an meanin "The Holy".

## Twin touns an sister ceeties

* New York Ceety, Unitit States (syne 1993)

## Freemit airtins

* Offeecial wabsteid o Jerusalem Municipality
* Jerusalemp3 Archived 2015-08-01 at the Wayback Machine, affers free virtual tours in mp3 format frae the Jerusalem Municipality
* Travel guide tae *Jerusalem* frae Wikivoyage