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Definition: Tel Aviv from Philip's Encyclopedia

(Tel Aviv-Yafo) City and port in Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea, c.50km (30mi) W of Jerusalem. The business, cultural, communications and tourist centre of Israel, it was founded (1909) as a suburb of the port of Jaffa. During the British administration of Palestine (1923-48), the town grew rapidly as Jews fled persecution in Europe. It served as the seat of the transitional government and legislature of the new state of Israel (1948-49), until the capital moved to Jerusalem. In 1950, it merged with Jaffa. Industries: construction, textiles, clothing. Pop. (2005) 3,025,000.

Tel Aviv

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(tĕl Әvēv'), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest metropolitan area. Tel Aviv is a tourist resort, with hotels and wide beaches. Virtually the entire population is Jewish. Construction is the main industry; textiles, clothing, and processed food are the chief manufactures, and pharmaceuticals, electrical appliances, printed materials, and chemicals are also produced. The city is also an important diamond-processing center. Tel Aviv was founded in 1909 by Jews from Jaffa who wished to build a modern suburb. The population grew dramatically in the late 1920s, again after Hitler came to power (1933) in Germany, and then after World War II. When the state of Israel was proclaimed on May 14, 1948, Tel Aviv was briefly the capital; in 1949 the government was transferred to Jerusalem. In 1950, Tel Aviv and Jaffa were merged. …
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From Encyclopedia of World Religions: Encyclopedia of Judaism
Tel Aviv was Israel's first modern city. It was founded by 60 Jewish families in 1909 on sand dunes near the ancient city of Jaffa on the Mediterranean coast. The founders originally called it Ahuzat Bayit, but a year later they changed the name to Tel Aviv (Hebrew for “hill of spring”), a name that…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(tĕl Әvēv'), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest metropolitan area. Tel Aviv is a tourist resort, with hotels and wide beaches. …
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
City in Israel, situated on the coast of Sharon Plain, 77 km/48 mi northwest of Jerusalem; population (2002 est) 347,800. Industries include textiles, chemicals, sugar, printing, publishing, and tourism. Tel Aviv was founded in 1909 as a Jewish residential area in the Arab town of Jaffa (or Yafo), …
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
City (pop., 2005 est.: 371,400) and main port of Israel. The hub of Israel’s largest urban centre, it was formed in 1950 by the incorporation of the ancient port of Jaffa with Tel Aviv, its former suburb. Tel Aviv was founded in 1909 and was the capital of Israel (1948–50). It grew with Jewish…
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Tel Aviv was conceived as a ‘garden city’, and...
Israel Criteria - Interchange of values; Significance in human history Tel Aviv was founded in 1909 and developed as a metropolitan city under the British Mandate in Palestine. The White City was constructed from the early 1930s until the 1950s, based on the urban plan by Sir Patrick Geddes, …
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In Tel Aviv and Venice Beit Hatfutsot, the museum of Jewish history and culture located at Tel Aviv University, first opened in 1978. It needed an overhaul to bring its story up to date, so in 2014 two American donors pledged $5 million each to create a new wing and freshen the exhibits. The gifts…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
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