Yerushaayim

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Hebrew Name: ירושלים

Greek Name:  Ιερουσαλήμ

English Name:  Jerusalem Region

Arabic Name:  البلا

German Name:  Al-Quds

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Main Language:   Hebrew

Secondary Languages: Yiddish, Yeshivish, Jewish Koine Greek, Yevanic, Shassi, Jedaeo-Iranian, Ladio, Judeo-Arabic, Judeo-Aramaic, Judeo-Malayalam, etc.

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Current Population: 936,425

Latest known Population:  714,000

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Interesting Facts:

Jerusalem is mentioned over 72 different times in the Hebrew Bible. It is pronouced or written in over 70 different ways. For example, Jerusalem is 'Urusalim' on the stone tablet, of the Amarna of the Abi-Hema (1300BC).