Tel-Aviv Coat of arms

Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. This photograph is of the auction of the first lots. By coincidence, the first kibbutz, Degania, was founded the same year.

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Tel-Aviv at night

Tel-Aviv-Yafo (Hebrew תֶּל אָבִיב-יָפוֹ; Arabic تَلْ اَبِيبْ-يَافَا Tal-Abīb-Yāfā) is an Israeli city on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Tel-Aviv is also part of a major metropolitan area in Israel, known as Gush Dan ("Dan Aggregate"). Tel-Aviv is located at 32°5' North, 34°48' East (32.08333, 34.8). [1] Tel Aviv at night File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Tel Aviv at night File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by 6 million people mainly in Israel, parts of the Palestinian territories, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ... Arabic (العربية al-arabiyyah, or less formally arabi) is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... City lights from space. ... A coastal image featured on a United States postal stamp. ... Satellite image The Mediterranean Sea is a part of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land, on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. ... A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs. ... Gush Dan (Hebrew גּוּשׁ דָּן, Standard Hebrew Guš Dan) is the Hebrew name of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area including areas from both the Tel Aviv District and the Central District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast. ...

The larger metropolitan area comprises a number of separate municipalities with around 1.8 million people living in the 14 km sprawl along the Mediterranean coast and around 365,000 in Tel-Aviv-Yafo itself, making it the second largest city (in terms of population) in Israel. Bat Yam, Holon, Ramat Gan, Givatayim, Bnei Brak, Petah Tikva, Rishon LeZion, Ramat Ha-Sharon and Herzliyya are the other major cities in the area known as Gush Dan¹. One million (1000000), one thousand thousand, is the natural number following 999999 and preceding 1000001. ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... Bat Yam (בת ים) is a city in Israel, on the central coastal strip, just south of Tel Aviv, and part of the metropolis known as Gush Dan, in the Tel Aviv District. ... This article is about the city Holon. ... Ramat Gan (רמת-גן) is a city in Israel, on the central coastal strip, just east of Tel Aviv, and part of the metropolis known as Gush Dan, in the Tel Aviv District. ... Givatayim (גבעתיים) is a city in Israel on the central coastal strip. ... Mentioned as one of the cities in the portion of the Tribe of Dan (Yehoshua 19:45), Bnei Brak is famous in the Talmud (Sanhedrin 32b) as the seat of Rabbi Akivas court, and in the Pesach Haggada as the site of the all-night Pesach Seder of Rabbi... Petah-Tikva (Hebrew פֶּתַח-תִּקְוָה opening of hope, Standard Hebrew Pétaḥ-Tiqva, also transliterated as Petach Tikva, Petah Tikvah, Petach Tikvah, Petaḥ Tiqwa or Petach Tiqwa) and nicknamed as Mother of Cities, is a city in the west of the Center District of Israel, north-east of Tel Aviv. ... Rishon Le Zion in 2002 Rishon LeZion, or Rishon LeZiyyon (ראשון לציון) is a city in Israel, on the central coastal strip, in the Center District of Israel, just south of Tel Aviv, and part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area (Gush Dan). ... Ramat Ha-Sharon (רמת השרון) is a city in Israel, on the central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon region, just north of Tel Aviv, and part of the Gush Dan Tel Aviv metropolitan area in the Tel Aviv District. ... Herzliyya (הרצליה; also spelled Herzliyyah or Herzlia or Herzliya) is a city in Israel, on the central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon region, just north of Tel-Aviv (about 15 minutes drive), and part of the Tel-Aviv metropolitan area in the Tel-Aviv District. ... Gush Dan (Hebrew גּוּשׁ דָּן, Standard Hebrew Guš Dan) is the Hebrew name of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area including areas from both the Tel Aviv District and the Central District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast. ...

Origin of name

Dizengoff Center

The name Tel Aviv in Hebrew means "Hill (tell) of Spring (aviv)", the title given by Nahum Sokolov to a Hebrew translation which he made of Theodor Herzl's book Altneuland, whose title means "Old-new-land". The Hebrew word aviv means the season called Spring, not source of water. Download high resolution version (1024x768, 525 KB)This image was made by Voarsh File links The following pages link to this file: Tel Aviv Categories: GFDL images ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 525 KB)This image was made by Voarsh File links The following pages link to this file: Tel Aviv Categories: GFDL images ... Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by 6 million people mainly in Israel, parts of the Palestinian territories, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ... See also Tell (poker). ... Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Spring, 1573. ... Theodor Herzl, in his middle age. ...

There is an account that Sokolov designed the book title Tel-Aviv to suggest the destruction of the ancient Jewish state and the hoped-for restoration of a new Jewish state: aviv = "the season of Spring" to symbolize the renewal; and tel to symbolize the destruction of the ancient state, following not the usual Hebrew meaning of the word "tel" but a modern European meaning "mound of accumulated ruins".

Tel-Aviv (place in Babylonia mentioned in the Bible)

The name "Tel-Aviv" was taken by Nahum Sokolov from the Book of Ezekiel, 3:15 : "Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-Aviv, that lived by the river Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days." The place called Tel-Aviv in the Hebrew Bible is usually spelt Tel-abib or similarly in Bible translations. The Aviv referred to may have been the season of Spring directly, or it may have referred to a god or goddess who (in Mesopotamian belief of the time) caused Spring to come. This article is about the Book of Ezekiel. ... 11th century manuscript of the Hebrew Bible with Targum Hebrew Bible refers to the common portions of the Jewish and Christian canons. ... Mesopotamia [mesuputāmÄ“u] (Greek: Μεσοποταμία, translated from Old Persian Miyanrudan the Land between the Rivers; Aramaic name being Beth-Nahrain House of Two Rivers) is a region of Southwest Asia. ...

History

Corner of Allenby and Rotschild Street

Coffeehouse on Bugrashov Street

The settlement in the area of modern southern Tel-Aviv (the neighbourhoods of Neve Shalom and Neve Tsedek) was started in the 1880s as a substitute for the rather expensive Arab neighbourhoods of Jaffa. However the city of Tel-Aviv itself was established only in 1909 as Ahuzat Bayit and was later renamed to Tel-Aviv. At its founding, Tel Aviv was intended only to be a suburb, a bedroom community, with the workers commuting to Jaffa. However, a dispute broke out between the Jews of Tel-Aviv and the Arabs of Jaffa in 1921 or thereabouts, and this led the denizens of Tel Aviv to create a new central business district. Owing to its proximity to the port of Jaffa, and its status as the first Jewish community that immigrants saw when coming into the country, Tel-Aviv quickly grew to become the centre of Israeli urban life, and it remains so to this day. In 1950 Tel-Aviv and Jaffa were united in a single municipality - Tel-Aviv-Yafo. Download high resolution version (1024x768, 629 KB)This image was made by Voarsh File links The following pages link to this file: Tel Aviv Categories: GFDL images ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 629 KB)This image was made by Voarsh File links The following pages link to this file: Tel Aviv Categories: GFDL images ... File links The following pages link to this file: Tel Aviv ... File links The following pages link to this file: Tel Aviv ... // Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... Jaffa (Hebrew יָפוֹ, Standard Hebrew Yafo, Tiberian Hebrew Yāp̄ô; Arabic يَافَا Yāfā; also Japho, Joppa), is an ancient city located in Israel. ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... A bedroom community is a town or city that is primarily residential in character, with most of its residents commuting to a nearby town or city to earn their livelihood. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Downtown Honolulu in Hawaii, United States, an example of an urban downtown district Central business district (CBD) and downtown are terms referring to the commercial heart of a city. ...

During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, for a period of eight months (May-December 1948) during the Arab blockade of Jerusalem it also served as the temporary de facto capital of Israel. Though Israel subsequently designated Jerusalem to be its capital, that designation was regarded by most countries as a breach of international law and not accepted by them. This includes international state organisations, all of whom continue to regard Tel Aviv as the de jure Israeli capital. However, many countries held their embassies in Jerusalem up until early 1980s, when the Knesset passed the basic law "Jerusalem - Capital of Israel" which defines Jerusalem as the indivisible capital of Israel. This finally led to the moving of most embassies out of Jerusalem to other Israeli cities (among them Tel Aviv). This act was done as a protest, in co-operation with the UN resolution, and does not imply change in recognition of Israel's capital. The Congress of the United States recognized Jerusalem as the Israeli capital, but the president was given permission to prevent the moving of the US embassy from Tel-Aviv. ² // The 1948 Arab-Israeli War, called the War of Independence (Hebrew: מלחמת העצמאות) by Israelis and al Nakba (Arabic: النكبة, the catastrophe) by Arabs, was the first in a series of wars in the Arab-Israeli conflict. ... In Egyptian mythology, Month is an alternate spelling for Menthu. ... This article is about the month of May. ... December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jerusalem (31°46′ N 35°14′ E; Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yerushalayim; Arabic: القدس al-Quds; see also names of Jerusalem) is an ancient Middle Eastern city of key importance to the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. ... De facto is a Latin expression that means in fact or in practice. It is commonly used as opposed to de jure (meaning by law) when referring to matters of law or governance or technique (such as standards), that are found in the common experience as created or developed without... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Look up De jure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary De jure (in Classical Latin de iure) is an expression that means based on law, as contrasted with de facto, which means in fact. The terms de jure and de facto are used like in principle and in practice when one... The Knesset (כנסת, Hebrew for assembly) is the Parliament of Israel. ... A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one nation state present in another nation state to represent the sending state in the receiving State. ... Seal of the Congress. ... Jerusalem (31°46′ N 35°14′ E; Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yerushalayim; Arabic: القدس al-Quds; see also names of Jerusalem) is an ancient Middle Eastern city of key importance to the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. ...

Culture

Tel-Aviv University (TAU), the largest university in Israel, is located in north Tel-Aviv (in a neighborhood called Ramat-Aviv (Hebrew for "Spring Heights")). TAU has an excellent reputation internationally, mostly famous for its physics, computer technology, and Chemistry departments. Tel-Aviv University (TAU, אוניברסיטת תל-אביב) is one of Israels major universities. ... A professor giving a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... Ramat Aviv is a neighbourhood of Tel Aviv, located in the northwest of the city. ... The willingness to question previously held truths and search for new answers resulted in a period of major scientific advancements, now known as the Scientific Revolution. ... The tower of a personal computer (specifically a Power Mac G5). ... Chemistry (in Greek: χημεία) is the science of matter that deals with the composition, structure, and properties of substances and with the transformations that they undergo. ...

There are many cultural centers in Tel-Aviv, including the Opera House and the "Culture Hall" (with a 3,000 seat concert hall). Tel-Aviv also has many theatre companies and theatre halls, the HaBima ("The Stage") is the most recognized. The foyer of Charles Garniers Opéra, Paris, opened 1875 Opera is an art form consisting of a dramatic stage performance set to music. ... A concert is a live performance, especially musical, for the benefit of an audience. ... Theatre is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed any one or more elements of the other performing arts. ...

Tel-Aviv has many museums and art galleries. A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ...

• The Eretz Israel Museum is known for its rich collection of archeology and history exhibits.
• The major art museum in Israel is the Tel-Aviv Arts Museum.
• Batey Haosef Museum is a museum for the military history of the Israel Defense Forces. It is regarded by many experts and arms collectors as a real jewel, containing rare exhibits and authentic pieces from Israel's history as well as a wide variety of firearms and pictures.
• The Palmach Museum near Tel Aviv University offers a unique multimedia experience, as well as vast archives, depicting the lives of young self-trained Jewish soldiers who eventually became the first defenders of Israel.
• Near Charles Clore's garden in north Jaffa, Israel there is a small museum for the Etzel, who conquered Jaffa in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
• On the campus of TAU is the Diaspora Museum, dedicated to Jewish history throughout the world. It explains through historical documentation and art how Jews have both prospered and been persecuted for centuries while away from their homeland.

In July 2003, Tel Aviv's White City was announced unanimously by the UNESCO council as a World Heritage Site, due to its massive assemblage of the Bauhaus International Style buildings, the city's most precious architectural style. The Eretz Israel Museum was established in 1953 in Ramat Aviv. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: צבא ×”×”×’× ×” לישראל Tsva Ha-Haganah Le-Yisrael ([Army] Force [for] the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated צהל Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels armed forces, comprising the Israel army, Israel air force and Israel navy. ... The Palmach (in Hebrew - פלמח ) was the regular fighting force of the Haganah (the underground army of Jewish settlers during the British mandate in Palestine). ... Jaffa (Hebrew יָפוֹ, Standard Hebrew Yafo, Tiberian Hebrew Yāp̄ô; Arabic يَافَا Yāfā; also Japho, Joppa), is an ancient city located in Israel. ... Irgun poster showing their view of the Land of Israel Irgun (ארגון), shorthand for Irgun Tsvai Leumi (ארגון צבאי לאומי, also spelled Irgun Zvai Leumi), Hebrew for National Military Organization, was a militant Zionist group that operated in the British Mandate of Palestine from 1931 to 1948. ... // The 1948 Arab-Israeli War, called the War of Independence (Hebrew: מלחמת העצמאות) by Israelis and al Nakba (Arabic: النكبة, the catastrophe) by Arabs, was the first in a series of wars in the Arab-Israeli conflict. ... UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1946. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ... The Bauhaus Bauhaus is the common term for the Staatliches Bauhaus, an art and architecture school in Germany that operated from 1919 to 1933, and for the approach to design that it developed and taught. ...

Sports

Tel-Aviv holds some of the top sports teams in Israel, and in one case even in the world. Tel-Aviv is the only city ever to have 3 clubs in the Israeli football premier league. Israeli football is everything related to Association football (soccer) in Israel. ...

The Maccabi Tel-Aviv Sports Club was founded in 1906 and houses over 10 sport branches, such as the Maccabi Tel-Aviv basketball club (45 times Israeli champion, 35 times Israeli cup holder and 5 times European Champions cup holder), the Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC soccer club (18 times Israeli champion, 22 times Israeli cup holder, twice Israeli Toto cup holder and twice Asia cup holder), and a Judo club (Yael Arad of Maccabi Tel-Aviv won a silver medal in the 1992 Olympic Games). Maccabi Tel Aviv is a sport association in Israel, and part of the Maccabi association. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Maccabi Elite Tel-Aviv (מכבי תל-אביב) is a basketball team based in Tel-Aviv, Israel. ... Maccabi Resido Tel-Aviv FC is an Israeli football club, part of the Maccabi sports club of Tel Aviv. ... Judo (Japanese: 柔道 Jūdō; literally gentle way) is a martial art, a sport and a philosophy which originated in Japan. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Olympic Games, or Olympics, is an international multi-sport event taking place every two years and alternating between Summer and Winter Games. ...

Hapoel Tel-Aviv's basketball club (5 Israeli championships, 4 Israeli cups) and soccer club (13 Israeli championships, 10 Israeli cups, one Toto cup and once Asia champion) have always been amongst the top Israeli clubs.

Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv's soccer club (once Israeli champion, twice Israeli cup holder and twice Israeli Toto cup holder) is the only Israeli soccer team on the highest Israeli soccer league (Ligat Ha'al) that represents only a neighbourhood - Shechunat Hatikva ("The Hope Neighborhood") in Tel Aviv - and not an entire city.

Other minor soccer clubs of mainly historical importance include Shimshon Tel Aviv and Beitar Tel Aviv.

Transportation

The main access route of Tel-Aviv is the Ayalon Highway, which goes through the city - north to south - on the Ayalon River route, which had been ordered between the 2 lanes.

Tel-Aviv has 4 railroad stations along the Ayalon Highway. The stops are from north to south: Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv Merkaz [Tel Aviv Central Train Station (Near the Masof 2000 Bus Depot.)], Tel-Aviv Ha-Shalom (At the Azrieli Center.), and Tel-Aviv Ha-Haganah (Near the Tel-Aviv Central Bus Station). It is estimated that about 1 million people use the train from Rishon LeZion, Rehovot, and Petah Tikva to Tel-Aviv and back, per month. This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... Rishon Le Zion in 2002 Rishon LeZion, or Rishon LeZiyyon (ראשון לציון) is a city in Israel, on the central coastal strip, in the Center District of Israel, just south of Tel Aviv, and part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area (Gush Dan). ... Rehovot (Hebrew רְחוֹבוֹת) is a city in the Center District of Israel, about 20 km south of Tel Aviv. ... Petah-Tikva (Hebrew פֶּתַח-תִּקְוָה opening of hope, Standard Hebrew Pétaḥ-Tiqva, also transliterated as Petach Tikva, Petah Tikvah, Petach Tikvah, Petaḥ Tiqwa or Petach Tiqwa) and nicknamed as Mother of Cities, is a city in the west of the Center District of Israel, north-east of Tel Aviv. ...

The Tel-Aviv Central Bus Station, the largest central bus station in the world, is located in the south. The main bus network in Tel-Aviv belongs to the Dan Bus Cooperative. The Israeli Egged Bus Cooperative, the world's second-largest bus company, also has a bus network in the city. TheBus, established by Mayor Frank Fasi, is Honolulus only public transit system. ... The Dan Bus Cooperative is an Israeli bus company based in the Tel Aviv and Gush Dan metropolitan area. ... Egged Bus Cooperative is the largest bus company in Israel - and - the worlds second largest (second only to London Buses). ...

Tel-Aviv's airport is Dov Hoz Airport Sde Dov (code: SDV), located at the north of the city and serves as a major airport for domestic flights. Sde Dov Airport (IATA Airport Code: SDV) is an Israeli airport located in North Tel Aviv. ...

Ben Gurion International Airport (code:TLV), which is Israel's main international airport and also serves the city, is located 15 km southeast of Tel Aviv near the city of Lod. Aerial view of Terminal 3, AKA Natbag 2000 (while it was under contruction) Terminal 3 Arrivals Hall Ben Gurion International Airport or Ben Gurion Airport, (named after David Ben-Gurion), located near Lod and once known as Lod Airport, is 15 km southeast of Tel Aviv, and is the largest... Lod (Hebrew לוֹד; Arabic اَلْلُدّْ al-Ludd, Greco-Latin Lydda, Tiberian Hebrew לֹד Lōḏ) is a city in the Center District of Israel in Israel. ...

Tel-Aviv Subway is also to be operational as from 2012, improving public transportation in the city dramatically.

Lists and tables

Mayors of Tel Aviv

• Meir Dizengoff (1921–1925)
• David Bloch (1925–1927)
• Meir Dizengoff (1928–1936)
• Israel Rokach (1936–1952)
• Chaim Levanon (1953–1959)
• Mordechai Namir (1959–1969)
• Yehoshua Rabinowitz (1969–1974)
• Shlomo Lahat (1974–1993)
• Ronnie Milo (1993–1998)
• Ron Huldai (1998–)

Meir Dizengoff (מאיר דיזינגוף, מאיר דיזנגוף, Меер Янкелевич Дизенгоф, Meyer Yankelevich Dizengof, 1861, Akimovichi(Achimovici?), Bessarabia - 1936, Tel Aviv) was the Israeli politician and mayor of Tel Aviv. ... Meir Dizengoff (מאיר דיזינגוף, מאיר דיזנגוף, Меер Янкелевич Дизенгоф, Meyer Yankelevich Dizengof, 1861, Akimovichi(Achimovici?), Bessarabia - 1936, Tel Aviv) was the Israeli politician and mayor of Tel Aviv. ... Shlomo Lahat (also known as Tchitch) was the 8th mayor of Tel Aviv in Israel. ...

Famous residents

• Shimon Peres

Shimon Peres Shimon Peres (Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן פֶּרֶס) (born August 21, 1923), an Israeli politician, is the head of the Israeli Labour Party and served as 8th Prime Minister of Israel from 1984-1986 and 1995-1996 and Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel from 2001-2002, and became Vice Premier in a coalition...

Footnote

¹ Ramat Ha-Sharon and Herzliyyah, though neighbouring Tel Aviv, are not considered part of Gush Dan, but rather of an area named Sharon. Herzliyyah (הרצליה; also spelled Herzliyya or Herzlia or Herzliya) is a city in Israel, on the central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon region, just north of Tel-Aviv (about 15 minutes drive), and part of the Tel-Aviv metropolitan area in the Tel-Aviv District. ... Sharon (Hebrew שרון Šārôn) is a region of the central coast of Israel. ...

² Jerusalem is fully accepted as Israel's capital by three countries, the United States of America, Costa Rica and El Salvador. Many other countries recognize Israel's right to decide its capital, but are not fully accepting any designation until further Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. However, these countries do not recognize Tel-Aviv or any other city as Israel's capital instead.

External links

• Tel-Aviv official website (English) (Hebrew)
• Interactive detailed city map (Hebrew)
• Tel-Aviv University
• TimeOut Tel-Aviv (Hebrew)
• Ben Gurion International Airport
• Dov Hoz Airport (Sde Dov)
• Tel-Aviv Marina