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.

Luke 21 → locationOfDiscourse → Jerusalem ⓘ
Canaan → majorCity → Jerusalem ⓘ
Kingdom of Jerusalem → majorCity → Jerusalem ⓘ
Syrian Jews → majorCommunityCity → Jerusalem ⓘ
Bukharan Jews → majorDiasporaCity → Jerusalem ⓘ
Purim → majorLocation → Jerusalem ⓘ
Grace After Meals → mentions → Jerusalem ⓘ
Hatikvah → mentions → Jerusalem ⓘ
Book of Micah → mentionsLocation → Jerusalem ⓘ
Matthew 24 → mentionsPlace → Jerusalem ⓘ
Jebus → modernLocation → Jerusalem ⓘ
Salem, Massachusetts → namedAfter → Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jerusalem (biblical Salem)
Church of the Nativity → near → Jerusalem ⓘ
Wadi an-Nar → near → Jerusalem ⓘ
Bethlehem → nearbyCity → Jerusalem ⓘ
Gibeah → nearbyCity → Jerusalem ⓘ
subject surface form: George Dyson
this entity surface form: Hierusalem
Shushan Purim → observedIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Jerusalem Forest → offersViewOf → Jerusalem ⓘ
Temple Mount → overlooks → Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of David
East Jerusalem → partOf → Jerusalem ⓘ
Mount of Remembrance → partOf → Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jerusalem urban area
Muslim Quarter → partOf → Jerusalem ⓘ
West Jerusalem → partOf → Jerusalem ⓘ
Aharon Zisling → placeOfActivity → Jerusalem ⓘ
Dan Zur → placeOfActivity → Jerusalem ⓘ
Hyrcanus II → placeOfActivity → Jerusalem ⓘ
Ada Yonath → placeOfBirth → Jerusalem ⓘ
Coniah → placeOfBirth → Jerusalem ⓘ
Edward Said → placeOfBirth → Jerusalem ⓘ
Flavius Josephus → placeOfBirth → Jerusalem ⓘ
Natalie Portman → placeOfBirth → Jerusalem ⓘ