East Jerusalem

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East Jerusalem (Arabic: القدس الشرقية‎ al-quds ash-sharqīyah; Hebrew: מזרח ירושלים‎ mizrah yerushalayim) is one of the three boroughs of the City of Jerusalem, capital of the Palestinian Arab Republic. It is the most populous of Jerusalem proper's three boroughs;, home to over 2.38 million people, about 65% of the city's total population. It is also the largest district of Jerusalem, with an area of 77 km2 accounting for nearly 62% of Jerusalem's total area of 125 km2.