Palestine

Middle East
Middle East, west of Jordan, east of Israel.

		55°30'5''N, 37°20'3''E
President Mahmoud Abbas	Prime Minister Salam Fayad

Capital

Jerusalem
 
Government
Semi-presidential,Parliamentary democracy

Religion
Muslim 75% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian and other 8%.



Population
4,260,636

Ethnic group
Palestinian Arab and other 83%, Jewish 17%.

National Language                   
Arabic          

National Day
November 15, 1988

Anthem
 Biladi

Currency
Jordanian dinar,Egyptian Pound,Israeli shekel (JOD, EGP, ILS)

Attractions
Al-Aqsa Mosque,  Bethlehem,  Jericho,  Ramallah,  The Dead Sea


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The Al-Aqsa Mosque Al-Aqsa Mosque  also known as al-Aqsa, is the third holiest site in Sunni Islam and is located in the Old City of Jerusalem. The site which includes the mosque (along with the Dome of the Rock), also referred to as al-Haram ash-Sharif or "Noble Sanctuary," is the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism, the place where the Temple is generally accepted to have stood. Muslims believe that Muhammad was transported from the Sacred Mosque in Mecca to al-Aqsa during the Night Journey. Islamic tradition holds that Muhammad led prayers towards this site until the seventeenth month after the emigration, when God directed him to turn towards the Ka'aba.