Travel Climate:
temperate; temperature and precipitation vary with altitude, warm to hot summers, cool to mild winters
Travel Currency:
new Israeli shekel (ILS); Jordanian dinar (JOD)
Languages:
Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians), English (widely understood)
Ethnic Groups:
Palestinian Arab and other 83%, Jewish 17%
Geographic Coordinates:
32 00 N, 35 15 E
Location:
Middle East, west of Jordan, east of Israel
Airports:
2