| has gloss | eng: The Jerusalem corridor (, Prozdor Yerushalayim) is a segment of Israeli territory between the Shephelah and Jerusalem which is home to over 700,000 Israeli Jews. Not including the Arab population of annexed East Jerusalem the areas population is almost 99% Jewish. Roughly stretching from Latrun in the west to Jerusalem in the east, it is bounded by the West Bank to the north and south. The corridor is largely covered by Mateh Yehuda Regional Council, and also contains the towns of Abu Ghosh, Kiryat Yearim and Mevaseret Zion. The top 6 settlements in population in this region area Jerusalem (747,600) (including East Jerusalem), Beit Shemesh (75,900), Mevasseret Zion (23,600), Abu Gosh (5,700), Tzur Hadassah (4,700), and Kiryat Yearim (3,400). |
