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Yerushalayim (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 31 46 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.7667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 035 14 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 35.2333 decimal degrees |
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Note: First mentioned in Tell al-ʻAmarna letters 1370 BCE; holy city of Jews, Christians and Muslims; viewed as international city by United Nations' partition of Palestine; after the 1948 war, the city was divided between Jordan and Israel; the entire city was claimed by Israel in 1967. |
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| Yerushalayim (preferred,C,V,index)
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| El Quds (C,V)
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| Al-Quds (C,V)
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| Al Quds (C,V)
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| El Quds Esh Sherif (C,V)
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| Al-Muqaddas (C,V)
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| Jérusalem (C,O)
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| Jerusalem (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Gerusalemme (C,O)
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| Jerusalén (C,O)
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| City of David (C,O)
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| City of the Great King (C,O)
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| ירושלים (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Aelia Capitolina (H,V)
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............ | Roman, rebuilt by Hadrian in 135 |
| Colonia Aelia Capitolina (H,V)
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| Hierosolyma (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
| Ierusalem (H,V)
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| Mount Zion (H,O)
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............ | Biblical |
| Urusalim (H,O)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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inhabited since 1800 BC |
| city (C) |
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| national capital (C) |
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since December 1949 |
| district capital (C) |
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| religious center (C) |
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| financial center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| tourist center (C) |
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| pilgrimage center (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| historic site (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
State of Palestine .......... (autonomous area) |
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(World, Asia) [7018359] |
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declared capital |
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Yisra'el .......... (nation) |
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(World, Asia) [1000119] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Subject: ..... |
[BHA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP] |
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ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995) |
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BHA, Authority file (1973-) |
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Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988) |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 442-443 |
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Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983) 221 |
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Cassell's Spanish Dictionary (1990) 842 |
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Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 538 |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 922 |
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Encyclopedia of World History (1980) XII, 276 |
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GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 10028 |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
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Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) |
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Times Atlas of the World (1985) plate 35 |
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Times Atlas of World History (1993) 336 |
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USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 554; 571-572 |
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