Ben Gurion is the main hub of El Al, Arkia, Israir Airlines and Sun D'Or. Private taxis are white with a yellow sign on top. All-populations.com used data from the number of the population from official sources. [146] [32][unreliable source], On 11 April 1909, 66 Jewish families gathered on a desolate sand dune to parcel out the land by lottery using seashells. At the same time, Jewish cultural life was given a boost by the establishment of the Ohel Theatre and the decision of Habima Theatre to make Tel Aviv its permanent base in 1931. Business Culture. Jews of all backgrounds form 91.8 percent of the population, Muslims and Arab Christians make up 4.2 percent, and the remainder belong to other groups (including various Christian and Asian communities). [42][17][18] According to a census conducted in 1922 by the British Mandate authorities, the Tel Aviv township had a population of 15,185 inhabitants, consisting of 15,065 Jews, 78 Muslims and 42 Christians. Master plan for the Tel Aviv township, 1925. [123], Tel Aviv has 544 active synagogues,[134] [32][unreliable source], Many German Jewish architects trained at the Bauhaus, the Modernist school of architecture in Germany, and left Germany during the 1930s. Its founders hoped that in contrast to what they perceived as the squalid and unsanitary conditions of neighbouring Arab towns, Tel Aviv was to be a clean and modern city, inspired by the European cities of Warsaw and Odessa. The beaches are monitored by trained staff from 7am to 7pm. Shopping malls in Tel Aviv include Dizengoff Center, Ramat Aviv Mall and Azrieli Shopping Mall and markets such as Carmel Market, Ha'Tikva Market, and Bezalel Market. Academic Programs . It was found fitting as it embraced the idea of a renaissance in the ancient Jewish homeland. [133], Tel Aviv's population reached a peak in the early 1960s at around 390,000, falling to 317,000 in the late 1980s as high property prices forced families out and deterred young couples from moving in. In the early 2000s, Tel Aviv municipality focused on attracting more young residents to the city. According to the 1947 UN Partition Plan for dividing Palestine into Jewish and Arab states, Tel Aviv, by then a city of 230,000, was to be included in the proposed Jewish state. Tel Aviv–Yafo, major city and economic centre in Israel, situated on the Mediterranean coast some 40 miles (60 km) northwest of Jerusalem. It also houses the Olympic Committee of Israel and the National Athletics Stadium with the Israeli Athletic Association. The city has several multiplex cinemas. (2006) The Strategic Plan for Tel Aviv Yafo. Two- and three-story buildings were interspersed with boulevards and public parks. Similar processes are occurring in nearby Neve Tzedek, the original Jewish neighborhood outside of Jaffa. Jaffa is over 3,000 years old. [232] The line is being built instead by NTA—The Tel Aviv region's mass transit development authority. Jaffa was an important port city in the region for millennia. During the March 1947 martial law in Mandatory Palestine, Tel Aviv was placed under martial law by the British authorities for 15 days, with the residents kept under curfew for all but three hours a day as British forces hunted for militants. Tel Aviv was ranked as an alpha- world city. Tech Ambassadors. It closed on 25 October 1965. [140], Tel Aviv is an ethnically diverse city. [123] The population over age 65 stands at 14.6 percent compared with 19% in 1983. [19] The issue also had international sensitivity, since the main part of Jaffa was in the Arab portion of the United Nations Partition Plan, whereas Tel Aviv was not, and no armistice agreements had yet been signed. The region they attempted to settle included the area as fa… In 1993, Tel Aviv was categorized as a world city.[64]. [193][194][195] Tel Aviv has 44 hotels with more than 6,500 rooms. [226] The site, which was renamed Ariel Sharon Park to honor Israel's former prime minister, will serve as the centerpiece in what is to become a 2,000-acre (8.1 km2) urban wilderness on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, designed by German landscape architect, Peter Latz. National Sport Center – Tel Aviv (also Hadar Yosef Sports Center) is a compound of stadiums and sports facilities. The town was originally named Ahuzat Bayit. Unlike other forms of public transport, these taxis also operate on Fridays and Saturdays (the Jewish sabbath "Shabbat"). By the time Tel Aviv was founded as a separate city during Ottoman rule of the region, Jaffa had been ruled by the Canaanites, Egyptians, Philistines, Israelites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Phoenicians, Ptolemies, Seleucids, Hasmoneans, Romans, Byzantines, the early Islamic caliphates, Crusaders, Ayyubids, and Mamluks before coming under Ottoman rule in 1515. Current plans call for the merger to take place in 2023 after a few years' preparation. Enav Cultural Center is one of the newer additions to the cultural scene. The city that is located north-west from Jerusalem on the Israeli Mediterranean coast covers an area of 20 square miles and has a population of 404,000. [168] The Tel Aviv Stock exchange has also gained attention for its resilience and ability to recover from war and disasters. [239][240] It has been suggested that if this proves successful, other neighboring cities such as Ramat Gan and Givatayim would then be merged into Tel Aviv. The oldest of these is Jaffa, the ancient port city out of which Tel Aviv grew. One of the society's goals was to form a "Hebrew urban centre in a healthy environment, planned according to the rules of aesthetics and modern hygiene. [135] In 2008, a center for secular Jewish studies and a secular yeshiva opened in the city. [49], Ben Gurion House was built in 1930–31, part of a new workers' housing development. Many offbeat museums and galleries operate in the southern areas, including the Tel Aviv Raw Art contemporary art gallery.[210][211]. Tel Aviv, accommodating about 500,000 commuter cars daily, suffers from increasing congestion. Tel Aviv is governed by a 31-member city council elected for a five-year term in direct proportional elections.[115]. The Jewish population, which forms the majority group in Tel Aviv consists of the descendants of immigrants from all parts of the world, including Ashkenazi Jews from Europe, North America, South America, Australia and South Africa, as well as Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews from Southern Europe, North Africa, India, Central Asia, West Asia, and the Arabian Peninsula. Other notable projects included the construction of Marganit Tower in 1987, the opening of the Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance and Theater in 1989, and the Tel Aviv Cinematheque (opened in 1973 and located to the current building in 1989). [105], Moreover, in the past few years, Rothschild Boulevard which is located at beginning in Neve Tzedek had become an attraction both of tourist, businesses and startups. 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