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Key Facts
Climate
temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas
Coastline
273 km
Government type
parliamentary democracy
Natural resources
timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand
Terrain
Negev desert in the south; low coastal plain; central mountains; Jordan Rift Valley