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.

Bab al-Rahma Cemetery → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Boaz → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Chain Gate → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Children’s Memorial → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Christian Quarter → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Church of All Nations → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Damascus Gate → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Dung Gate → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Exhibitions Pavilion → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Garden of Gethsemane → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Gethsemane prayer → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Golgotha → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Hall of Remembrance → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Har HaZikaron → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Har Herzl → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Herod's Gate → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Hills of Jerusalem → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Hinnom Valley → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Holy of Holies → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Islamic Museum → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Israel Museum → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Israel State Archives → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Jachin → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Jaffa Gate → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Jerusalem Forest → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jerusalem, Israel
Kidron Valley → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Knesset → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Lions' Gate → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Mount Herzl → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Mount Moriah → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Mount Scopus → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Mount of Olives → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Mount of Remembrance → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
New Gate → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
subject surface form: Publications Department (Yad Vashem)