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
ancient Jerusalem	2
Hierusalem	1
Jerusalem (biblical Salem)	1
Jerusalem (for the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem)	1
Jerusalem (implicitly referenced as capital)	1
Jerusalem (partly, in some traditions)	1
Jerusalem (traditional view)	1
Jerusalem District	1
Jerusalem urban area	1
Old City of Jerusalem	1
Urusalim	1
Western Jerusalem	1

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.

Qibli Mosque building → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ

Second Temple Judaism → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ

Second Temple in Jerusalem → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ

Temple Mount → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old City of Jerusalem

The Farthest Mosque → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ

Tomb of Absalom → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ

Tyropoeon Valley → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ

Valley of Hinnom → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ

Valley of the Cheesemakers → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ

Valley of the Communities → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ

Via Dolorosa → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ

Western Wall → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jerusalem District

Western Wall Plaza → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ

World Union for Progressive Judaism Beit Shmuel center → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ

YadVashem → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ

subject surface form: Yad Vashem

this entity surface form: Western Jerusalem

Zion Gate → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ

Zionist General Council → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ

גֵּיא בֶן־הִנֹּם → locatedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ

Hall of Names → locatedInCity → Jerusalem ⓘ

Noble Sanctuary → locatedInCity → Jerusalem ⓘ

Dan Zur → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Jerusalem ⓘ

subject surface form: Valley of the Communities

Yad Vashem Commission for the Designation of the Righteous → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Jerusalem ⓘ

Beit Jala → locatedNear → Jerusalem ⓘ

Bethphage → locatedNear → Jerusalem ⓘ

Calvaria (Latin) → locatedNear → Jerusalem ⓘ

subject surface form: Calvaria

this entity surface form: ancient Jerusalem

al-Bireh → locatedNear → Jerusalem ⓘ

Ramallah → locatedNorthOf → Jerusalem ⓘ

Lydda (modern Lod, Israel) → locatedNorthwestOf → Jerusalem ⓘ

subject surface form: Lydda

Bethlehem → locatedSouthOf → Jerusalem ⓘ

Dome of the Rock → location → Jerusalem ⓘ

First Crusade → location → Jerusalem ⓘ

First Temple in Jerusalem → location → Jerusalem ⓘ

Herodian period → location → Jerusalem ⓘ

Jerusalem Islamic Waqf → location → Jerusalem ⓘ

Jewish Temple → location → Jerusalem ⓘ

Last Supper → location → Jerusalem ⓘ

Return to Zion → location → Jerusalem ⓘ

Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE) → location → Jerusalem ⓘ

Tomb of Benei Hezir → location → Jerusalem ⓘ

Tower of David → location → Jerusalem ⓘ

Trial of Jesus → location → Jerusalem ⓘ

YadVashem → location → Jerusalem ⓘ

subject surface form: Yad Vashem

Lipa Yahalom → location → Jerusalem ⓘ

subject surface form: Yad Vashem

Dan Zur → location → Jerusalem ⓘ

subject surface form: Yad Vashem

royal court of Judah → location → Jerusalem ⓘ

Wolf Prize → locationOfAwarding → Jerusalem ⓘ

Wolf Prize in Chemistry → locationOfAwarding → Jerusalem ⓘ

Wolf Prize in Physics → locationOfAwarding → Jerusalem ⓘ