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.

this entity surface form: East Jerusalem
Abraham Fraenkel → deathPlace → Jerusalem ⓘ
subject surface form: James the Greater
James the Just → deathPlace → Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jerusalem (traditional view)
Stephen → deathPlace → Jerusalem ⓘ
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi → deathPlace → Jerusalem ⓘ
Israel → declaredCapital → Jerusalem ⓘ
Isra → endLocation → Jerusalem ⓘ
Pompey the Great → enteredCity → Jerusalem ⓘ
Wadi an-Nar → flowsFrom → Jerusalem ⓘ
Jerusalem stone → foundIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Sadducees → geographicCenter → Jerusalem ⓘ
Zealots → geographicLocation → Jerusalem ⓘ
Jehoiakim → governedFrom → Jerusalem ⓘ
King Solomon → governedFrom → Jerusalem ⓘ
Shlomo → governedFrom → Jerusalem ⓘ
Jerusalem Municipality → governs → Jerusalem ⓘ
Lehi → hadArmsCacheIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Adam → hasBurialTraditionAt → Jerusalem ⓘ
Al-Quds University → hasCampus → Jerusalem ⓘ
Hasmonean dynasty → hasCapital → Jerusalem ⓘ
Herodian dynasty → hasCapital → Jerusalem ⓘ
Herodian period → hasCapital → Jerusalem ⓘ
Zion theology → hasCentralConcept → Jerusalem ⓘ
Islamic world → hasCulturalCenter → Jerusalem ⓘ
Hasidism → hasDemographicCenter → Jerusalem ⓘ
Burial of Jesus → hasLocation → Jerusalem ⓘ
Maccabean Revolt → hasLocation → Jerusalem ⓘ
Levant region → hasMajorCity → Jerusalem ⓘ
Middle East → hasMajorCity → Jerusalem ⓘ
Palestine → hasMajorCity → Jerusalem ⓘ
Palestinian → hasModernTerritory → Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Jerusalem
Mount Scopus → hasPanoramicViewOf → Jerusalem ⓘ
Ancient Israel → hasPart → Jerusalem ⓘ