Jerusalem

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capital city city holy city

Jerusalem is an ancient and historically significant city in the Middle East that serves as a major religious and cultural center for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

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Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form Occurrences
East Jerusalem 6
Jerusalem, Israel 4
City of David 3

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city ⓘ
city ⓘ
holy city ⓘ
ancientName Jebus ⓘ
Jerusalem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Urusalim
capitalOf Israel ⓘ
claimedBy Israel ⓘ
State of Palestine ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
disputedBy State of Palestine ⓘ
earliestKnownReference 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
elevation approximately 754 meters above sea level ⓘ
foundedInPeriod ancient times ⓘ
function cultural center ⓘ
political center of Israel ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
governedBy Jerusalem Municipality ⓘ
hasBodyOfWater Hinnom Valley ⓘ
Kidron Valley ⓘ
hasPart Al-Aqsa Mosque ⓘ
Church of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ
Jerusalem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: City of David

Dome of the Rock ⓘ
East Jerusalem ⓘ
Israel Museum ⓘ
Knesset ⓘ
Mount of Olives ⓘ
Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: Old City of Jerusalem

Temple Mount ⓘ
West Jerusalem ⓘ
Western Wall ⓘ
YadVashem ⓘ
surface form: Yad Vashem
languageMajority Hebrew ⓘ
languageSignificantMinority Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Middle East ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
surface form: State of Israel
mayorTitle Mayor of Jerusalem ⓘ
notableHill Mount Scopus ⓘ
Zion ⓘ
surface form: Mount Zion
partOf Judean Mountains ⓘ
primaryReligionGroups Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Christians

Jews ⓘ
Muslims ⓘ
religiousSignificanceFor Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
seatOfGovernmentOf Israel ⓘ
status disputed ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
surface form: Israel Standard Time
timeZoneDST Israel Daylight Time ⓘ
UNESCOStatus Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus in danger ⓘ

Referenced by (461)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aristobulus I → capital → Jerusalem ⓘ
government of Israel → capital → Jerusalem ⓘ
subject surface form: Government of Israel
Herod Archelaus → capital → Jerusalem ⓘ
Israel → capital → Jerusalem ⓘ
Jehoiakim → capital → Jerusalem ⓘ
John Hyrcanus I → capital → Jerusalem ⓘ
Judea → capital → Jerusalem ⓘ
King Davidic dynasty → capital → Jerusalem ⓘ
King Solomon → capital → Jerusalem ⓘ
King of Judah → capital → Jerusalem ⓘ
Kingdom of Jerusalem → capital → Jerusalem ⓘ
Kingdom of Judah → capital → Jerusalem ⓘ
Ottoman Palestine → capital → Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jerusalem (for the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem)
Outremer → capital → Jerusalem ⓘ
Rehoboam → capital → Jerusalem ⓘ
State of Palestine → capital → Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Jerusalem
King Zedekiah of Judah → capital → Jerusalem ⓘ
subject surface form: Zedekiah
royal court of Judah → capital → Jerusalem ⓘ
Israelites → capitalCity → Jerusalem ⓘ
Jebusites → capitalCity → Jerusalem ⓘ
Shlomo → capitalCity → Jerusalem ⓘ
King David → capitalEstablished → Jerusalem ⓘ
Josiah → capitalOfKingdom → Jerusalem ⓘ
Judea → centeredOn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Holy Land → centralCity → Jerusalem ⓘ
Three Regalim → centralLocation → Jerusalem ⓘ
Return to Zion → centralPlace → Jerusalem ⓘ
Exhibitions Pavilion → city → Jerusalem ⓘ
Hall of Names → city → Jerusalem ⓘ
Har Herzl → city → Jerusalem ⓘ
Pages of Testimony → city → Jerusalem ⓘ
École Biblique → city → Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Jerusalem
this entity surface form: East Jerusalem
Holy Land → contains → Jerusalem ⓘ
Judean Mountains → contains → Jerusalem ⓘ
Judea → containsSite → Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of David
Jesus Christ → crucifixionCity → Jerusalem ⓘ
Yahwism → cultCenter → Jerusalem ⓘ