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.

Moshe Sharett → residence → Jerusalem ⓘ
Nehushta → residence → Jerusalem ⓘ
Paula Ben-Gurion → residence → Jerusalem ⓘ
Pharaoh’s daughter → residence → Jerusalem ⓘ
Rachel Cohen-Kagan → residence → Jerusalem ⓘ
Reuven Rivlin → residence → Jerusalem ⓘ
Sari Nusseibeh → residence → Jerusalem ⓘ
Peres → residence → Jerusalem ⓘ
subject surface form: Shimon Peres
Simon Thassi → residence → Jerusalem ⓘ
Vera Weizmann → residence → Jerusalem ⓘ
subject surface form: Yehuda Leib Maimon
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi → residence → Jerusalem ⓘ
Yitzhak Gruenbaum → residence → Jerusalem ⓘ
Yitzhak-Meir Levin → residence → Jerusalem ⓘ
Zerach Warhaftig → residence → Jerusalem ⓘ
Jesus Christ → resurrectionPlace → Jerusalem ⓘ
Jekonias → ruledFrom → Jerusalem ⓘ
Jerusalem Municipality → seat → Jerusalem ⓘ
Prime Minister of Israel → seat → Jerusalem ⓘ
subject surface form: Government of Israel
Israel → seatOfGovernment → Jerusalem ⓘ
Palestine Railways → servedCity → Jerusalem ⓘ
Ben-Gurion Airport → servesCity → Jerusalem ⓘ
Asaph → serviceLocation → Jerusalem ⓘ
Gospel infancy narratives → setIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Nathan the Wise → setInPlace → Jerusalem ⓘ
2 Maccabees → setting → Jerusalem ⓘ
2 Samuel → setting → Jerusalem ⓘ
Ezra–Nehemiah → setting → Jerusalem ⓘ
Lamentations → setting → Jerusalem ⓘ
Mark 13 → setting → Jerusalem ⓘ
Safed → sharesStatusWith → Jerusalem ⓘ
Wadi an-Nar → sourceRegion → Jerusalem ⓘ
Dome of the Rock → symbolOf → Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jerusalem (partly, in some traditions)
Stephen → testimonyLocation → Jerusalem ⓘ
Adolf Eichmann → trialHeldIn → Jerusalem ⓘ
Israel Standard Time → usedInCity → Jerusalem ⓘ