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___MASK86___ ('), officially The Hashemite Kingdom of ___MASK86___ ('), is an Arab kingdom in Western Asia , on the East Bank of the ___MASK86___ River . ___MASK86___ is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the east and south , Iraq to the north - east , ___MASK38___ to the north , Israel , Palestine and the Dead Sea to the west and the Red Sea in its extreme south - west . ___MASK86___ is strategically located at the crossroads of Asia , Africa and Europe . The capital , Amman , is ___MASK86___ ' s most populous city as well as the country ' s economic , political and cultural centre . ___MASK38___ , officially known as the Syrian Arab Republic (""), is a country in Western Asia , bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west , Turkey to the north , Iraq to the east , Jordan to the south , and Israel to the southwest . ___MASK38___ ' s capital and largest city is Damascus . ___MASK95___ (; ', , " Kimi "), officially the Arab Republic of ___MASK95___ , is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and ___MASK82___ corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula . ___MASK95___ is a Mediterranean country bordered by the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast , the Gulf of Aqaba to the east , the Red Sea to the east and south , Sudan to the south , and Libya to the west . Across the Gulf of Aqaba lies ___MASK86___ , and across from the Sinai Peninsula lies Saudi Arabia , although ___MASK86___ and Saudi Arabia do not share a land border with ___MASK95___ . It is the world ' s only contiguous Afrasian nation . Hinterland is a German word meaning " the land behind " ( a city , a port , or similar ). The term ' s use in English was first documented by geographer George Chisholm in his " Handbook ___MASK48___ Commercial Geography " ( 1888 ). ___MASK49___ , officially the Republic ___MASK48___ ___MASK49___ , is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third ___MASK2___ populous island in the Mediterranean . It is located south ___MASK48___ ___MASK12___ , west ___MASK48___ ___MASK38___ and Lebanon , northwest ___MASK48___ Israel and Palestine , north ___MASK48___ Egypt , and southeast ___MASK48___ Greece . The Middle ___MASK6___ is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia and ___MASK95___ . The corresponding adjective is " Middle - Eastern " and the derived noun is " Middle - Easterner ". The term has come into wider usage as a replacement of the term Near ___MASK6___ ( as opposed to Far ___MASK6___ ) beginning in the early 20th century . ___MASK58___ , officially known as the State ___MASK48___ ___MASK58___ , is a country in the Middle ___MASK6___ , on the southeastern shore ___MASK48___ the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore ___MASK48___ the Red Sea . It has land borders with Lebanon to the north , ___MASK38___ to the northeast , Jordan on the east , the Palestinian territories ___MASK48___ the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west , respectively , and Egypt to the southwest . The country contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area . ___MASK58___ ' s financial and technology center is Tel Aviv , while its seat ___MASK48___ government and proclaimed capital is Jerusalem , although the state ' s sovereignty over the city ___MASK48___ Jerusalem is internationally unrecognized . ___MASK5___ - Yafo is a major city in Israel , located on the country ' s Mediterranean coastline . It is known to be the financial ___MASK66___ and the technology hub of Israel , with a population of , making it Israel ' s second largest city . ___MASK5___ is the largest city in the Gush Dan region of Israel . ___MASK5___ is also a focal point in the high - tech concentration known as the " Silicon Wadi ". The Mediterranean Sea ( pronounced ) is a sea connected to the ___MASK75___ , surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land : on the north by Southern ___MASK34___ and ___MASK33___ , on the south by North Africa , and on the east by the Levant . The sea is sometimes considered a part of the ___MASK75___ , although it is usually identified as a separate body of water . The seat ___MASK48___ government is ( as defined by " Brewer ' s Politics ") " the building , complex ___MASK48___ buildings or the city from which a government exercises its authority ". ___MASK89___ , officially known as the Lebanese Republic , is a sovereign state in Western Asia . It is bordered by ___MASK38___ to the north and east and Israel to the south , while Cyprus is west across the Mediterranean Sea . ___MASK89___ ' s location at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian hinterland facilitated its rich history and shaped a cultural identity of religious and ethnic diversity . At just 10 , 452 km ( 4 , 036 sq . mi .), it is the smallest recognized country on the entire mainland Asian continent . Southern ___MASK89___ is the geographical area of ___MASK89___ comprising the ___MASK43___ and the Nabatiye Governorate . The two entities were divided from the same province in the early 1990s . The Rashaya and Western Beqaa Districts , the southernmost districts of the Beqaa Governorate , in Southern ___MASK89___ are sometimes included . ___MASK43___ ( transliterated : al - Janub ) is one of the governorates of Lebanon . South Lebanon has a population of 500 , 000 inhabitants and an area of 929 . 6 km² . The capital is Sidon . The lowest elevation is sea - level ; the highest is 1 , 000 meters . The local population is religiously diverse and includes Shia and Sunni Muslims , and Orthodox , Maronite and Protestant Christians . Temperatures can drop to 4 ° C during winter with a lot of rain and snow on the higher ground . In the humid summer , temperatures can rise to 30 ° C in the coastal areas . The governorate has several rivers : the Litani , Zahrani , Naqura , Awali , Qasmiye , and Hasbani . The area is famous for its citrus and banana farms . Its main cities are Sidon , Tyre and Jezzine . Qana also spelled Cana ( in Arabic :   ) is a village in southern ___MASK89___ located 10 kilometres ( 6 . 2 mi ) southeast of the city of ___MASK93___ and 12 kilometres ( 7 . 5 mi ) north of the border with Israel . The 10 , 000 residents of Qana are primarily Shiite Muslim although there is also a Maronite Christian community in the village . ___MASK61___ ( transliteration " HaGalil " translit . " al - Jall ") is a region in northern Israel . Traditionally refers to the mountainous part and divided into Upper ___MASK61___ (" Galil Elyon ") and Lower ___MASK61___ (" Galil Tahton "). In the modern common usage , ___MASK61___ refers to all of the Israeli area that is beyond Mount ___MASK22___ to the northeast , extending from Dan to the north , at the base of Mount Hermon , along Mount Lebanon to the ridges of Mount ___MASK22___ and Mount Gilboa north of Jenin to the south , and from the ___MASK86___ Rift Valley to the east across the plains of the Jezreel Valley and Acre to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the coastal plain in the west , including Beth Shean ' s valley , ___MASK21___ ' s valley , and Hula Valley , although practically it usually does not include Haifa ' s immediate northern suburbs . By this definition it overlaps with much of the administrative Northern District of the country ( which also includes the Golan Heights and part of Menashe Heights but not Qiryat Tiv ' on ). Western ___MASK61___ (" Galil Ma ' aravi ") is a common term referring to the western part of the Upper ___MASK61___ and its shore , and usually also the northwestern part of the Lower ___MASK61___ , mostly overlapping with Acre sub district . ___MASK61___ Panhandle is a common term referring to the Israeli " panhandle " in the east that extends to the north , where Lebanon is to the west , and includes Hula Valley and Ramot Naftali mountains of the Upper ___MASK61___ . Historically , the part of Southern Lebanon south of the east - west section of the Litani River also belonged to the region of ___MASK61___ , but the present article mainly deals with the Israeli part of the region . Etymology . The region ' s Israelite name is from the Hebrew root " galil ", an ultimately unique word for " district ", and usually " circle ". The Hebrew form used in Isaiah 8 : 23 ( or 9 : 1 in different Biblical versions ) is in the construct state , "" g ' lil hagoyim "", meaning " ___MASK61___ of the Nations ", i . e . the part of ___MASK61___ inhabited by Gentiles at the time that the book was written . The Gospel According to John ( also called the Gospel ___MASK48___ John , the Fourth Gospel , or simply John ) is one ___MASK48___ the four canonical gospels in the New Testament . It traditionally appears fourth , after the synoptic gospels ___MASK48___ Matthew , Mark , and Luke . John begins with the witness and affirmation ___MASK48___ John the Baptist and concludes with the death , burial , resurrection , and post - resurrection appearances ___MASK48___ Jesus . The ___MASK69___ ( also the Erythraean Sea ) is a seawater inlet ___MASK48___ the ___MASK8___ Ocean , lying between Africa and Asia . The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf ___MASK48___ Aden . To the north lie the Sinai Peninsula , the Gulf ___MASK48___ Aqaba , and the Gulf ___MASK48___ Suez ( leading to the Suez Canal ). The ___MASK69___ is a Global 200 ecoregion . The sea is underlain by the ___MASK69___ Rift which is part ___MASK48___ the Great Rift Valley . The ___MASK90___ ("" " HaGadah ___MASK97___ ' aravit ") is a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia , forming the bulk of the Palestinian territories . The ___MASK90___ shares boundaries ( demarcated by the Jordanian - Israeli armistice of 1949 ) to the west , north , and south with Israel , and to the east , across the ___MASK86___ River , with ___MASK86___ . The ___MASK90___ also contains a significant section of the western Dead Sea shore . Western Asia , ___MASK46___ Asia , Southwestern Asia or ___MASK82___ Asia is the westernmost subregion of Asia . The concept is in limited use , as it significantly overlaps with the Middle East ( or Near East ), the main difference being the exclusion of Egypt ( which would be counted as part of North Africa ). The term is sometimes used for the purposes of grouping countries in statistics . " ___MASK91___ " and " occupied ___MASK91___ " ( OPT or oPt ) are descriptions often used to describe the ___MASK90___ ( including East Jerusalem ) and the ___MASK13___ , which are occupied or otherwise under the control of Israel . Israeli governments have maintained that the area involved is within ___MASK73___ . The extent of the territories , while subject to future negotiations , have frequently been defined by the Green Line . Beqaa ("") is a governorate in ___MASK89___ with a population of 750 , 000 inhabitants . The ___MASK13___ (' ), or simply Gaza "', is a small self - governing Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea , that borders ___MASK95___ on the ___MASK82___ for and Israel on the east and north along a border . Gaza , together with the West Bank , comprise the Palestinian territories claimed by the Palestinians as the State of Palestine . The territories of Gaza and the West Bank are separated from each other by Israeli territory . Both fall under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority , but Gaza has since June 2007 been governed by Hamas , a Palestinian Islamic organization which came to power in free elections in 2006 . It has been placed under an Israeli and U . S .- led international economic and political boycott from that time onwards . ___MASK77___ , is a city located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea . One ___MASK48___ the oldest cities in the world , ___MASK77___ was named as "" Urusalima "" on ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets , probably meaning " City ___MASK48___ Shalem " after a Canaanite deity , during the early Canaanite period ( approximately 2400 BCE ). During the Israelite period , significant construction activity in ___MASK77___ began in the 9th century BCE ( Iron Age II ), and in the 8th century the city developed into the religious and administrative ___MASK66___ ___MASK48___ the Kingdom ___MASK48___ Judah . It is considered a holy city in the three major Abrahamic religions ___MASK48___ Judaism , Christianity and Islam . The Gospel ___MASK48___ John refers a number ___MASK48___ times to a town called Cana ___MASK48___ ___MASK61___ . In biogeography , the Mediterranean ___MASK44___ ( also known as the Mediterranean region or sometimes Mediterranea ) is the region ___MASK48___ lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have a Mediterranean climate , with mild , rainy winters and ___MASK23___ , dry summers , which supports characteristic Mediterranean forests , woodlands , and scrub vegetation . Asia is ___MASK74___ ' s largest and ___MASK2___ populous continent , located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres and sharing the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe . Asia covers an area of , about 30 % of ___MASK74___ ' s total land area and 8 . 7 % of the ___MASK74___ ' s total surface area . The continent , which has long been home to the majority of the human population , was the site of many of the first civilizations . Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population , but also dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the continent of 4 . 4 billion people .