Jerusalem : Information and Area's
Area : 52 km˛ (20 mi˛)
Tel Aviv neighborhoods
The neighborhoods of Tel Aviv include:
Tel Aviv History
Tel Aviv was established in 1909 as Achuzat Bait, the "First Hebrew
City after 2000 years of exile", Tel Aviv took its current Biblical
name the following year. The city was founded as simply a residential
suburb of its neighbour Yaffo, with no economic activity allowed within
its borders. At the northern end of Herzel Street, mandatoric Israel's
first Jewish school in 2000 years, Gymnasia Herzeliya, was established.
One of Tel Aviv's most famous skyscrapers, Shalom Meir Tower, occupies
the site these days.
On May 15th, 1948, The State of Israel was declared in Tel Aviv, which
then served as Israel's first capital until the liberation of Jerusalem
two years later, during that year Yaffo was also annexed to Tel Aviv,
which was then officially renamed Tel Aviv - Yaffo.
Today "The City Which Never Sleeps" has become the nation's
economic, commercial, and cultural heart. It claims the largest skyline
in Israel and is the country's 2nd largest city, attracting businessmen
and tourists from all over the world. Over 1.1 million people visit this
metropolitan daily.
Tel Aviv lies on the soft sand beaches of the Mediterranean coast, and
is filled with high-class hotels, restaurants, museums, concert halls,
cinemas, and theatres along with Tel Aviv University, Israel's largest
with over 27,000 students. Future developments like the Tel Aviv Subway-Tram
and many tall buildings on the drawing boards give a promising future
to Israel's Big Apple.
In July, 2003, Tel Aviv's White City was announced unanimously by UNESCO
as a World Heritage Site, as the city boasts the largest number of Bauhaus
International Style buildings in the world, some 2500 buildings.
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