tel aviv

     

Tel Aviv-Yafo (Hebrew: תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ‎) (usually Tel Aviv) is the secon-largest city in Israel, with a population of 384,400. Tel Aviv is situated on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline, covering 51.8 square kilometres (20.0 sq mi). It is the largest and most populous city in Israel's largest metropolitan area known as Gush Dan, home to 3.15 million people as of 2007. The city is governed by the Tel Aviv-Yafo municipality, headed by Ron Huldai.

Trivia about tel aviv

  • Several millennia younger than Jerusalem, this Israeli city was founded in 1909 as a suburb of Jaffa
  • In 1950 Haifa & this Israeli city were incorporated as a single municipality
  • Major city served by Ben-Gurion Airport
  • In the name of Israeli basketball team Maccabi Elite T.A., T.A. stands for this city
  • Bat Yam, or "Daughter of the Sea", is a suburb of this Mediterranean metropolis
  • 1909:This 1st modern Jewish city is founded; today it's the financial & cultural center of Israel

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