52 Facts About Tel Aviv-Yafo

Tel Aviv-Yafo, often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv has the third- or fourth-largest economy and the largest economy per capita in the Middle East.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv has been called The World's Vegan Food Capital, as it possesses the highest per capita population of vegans in the world, with many vegan eateries throughout the city.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv was given "township" status within the Jaffa Municipality in 1921, and became independent from Jaffa in 1934.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv is the Hebrew title of Theodor Herzl's Altneuland, translated from German by Nahum Sokolow.

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Once Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv received city status in the 1920s, those neighborhoods joined the newly formed municipality, now becoming separated from Jaffa.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv, established as suburb of Jaffa, received "township" or local council status within the Jaffa Municipality in 1921.

In 1923, Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv was the first town to be wired to electricity in Palestine, followed by Jaffa later in the same year.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv was granted the status of an independent municipality separate from Jaffa in 1934.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv was the temporary government center of the State of Israel until the government moved to Jerusalem in December 1949.

The issue had international sensitivity, since the main part of Jaffa was in the Arab portion of the United Nations Partition Plan, whereas Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv was not, and no armistice agreements had yet been signed.

Since the First Intifada, Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv has suffered from Palestinian political violence.

The first suicide attack in Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv occurred on 19 October 1994, on the Line 5 bus, when a bomber killed 22 civilians and injured 50 as part of a Hamas suicide campaign.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv is located around on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline, in central Israel, the historic land bridge between Europe, Asia and Africa.

Southern Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv is considered less affluent than northern Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv with the exception of Neve Tzedek and northern and north-western Jaffa.

Central Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv is home to Azrieli Center and the important financial and commerce district along Ayalon Highway.

The northern side of Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv is home to Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv University, Hayarkon Park, and upscale residential neighborhoods such as Ramat Aviv and Afeka.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv has a Mediterranean climate, and enjoys plenty of sunshine throughout the year.

Politically, Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv is known to be a stronghold for the left, in both local and national issues.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv has 544 active synagogues, including historic buildings such as the Great Synagogue, established in the 1930s.

In recent years, Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv has received many non-Jewish migrants from Asia and Africa, students, foreign workers and refugees.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv is divided into nine districts that have formed naturally over the city's short history.

Tel Aviv-Yafo'storically, there was a demographic split between the Ashkenazi northern side of the city, including the district of Ramat Aviv, and the southern, more Sephardi and Mizrahi neighborhoods including Neve Tzedek and Florentin.

Baruch Yoscovitz, city planner for Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv beginning in 2001, reworked old British plans for the Florentin neighborhood from the 1920s, adding green areas, pedestrian malls, and housing.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv is home to different architectural styles that represent influential periods in its history.

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The early architecture of Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv consisted largely of European-style single-storey houses with red-tiled roofs.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv has been ranked as the twenty-fifth most important financial center in the world.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv is home to the Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv Stock Exchange, Israel's only stock exchange, which has reached record heights since the 1990s.

Industries in Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv include chemical processing, textile plants and food manufacturers.

In 2013, Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv had more than 700 startup companies and research and development centers, and was ranked the second-most innovative city in the world, behind Medellin and ahead of New York City.

In 2021, Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv became the world's most expensive city to live in, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Shopping malls in Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv include Dizengoff Center, Ramat Aviv Mall and Azrieli Shopping Mall and markets such as Carmel Market, Ha'Tikva Market, and Bezalel Market.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv is a major center of culture and entertainment.

The Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv Performing Arts Center is home of the Israeli Opera, where Placido Domingo was house tenor between 1962 and 1965, and the Cameri Theatre.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv is home to the Batsheva Dance Company, a world-famous contemporary dance troupe.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv has been named the third "hottest city for 2011" by Lonely Planet, third-best in the Middle East and Africa by Travel + Leisure magazine, and the ninth-best beach city in the world by National Geographic.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv is consistently ranked as one of the top LGBT destinations in the world.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv is known as "the city that never sleeps" and a "party capital" due to its thriving nightlife, young atmosphere and famous 24-hour culture.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv has branches of some of the world's leading hotels, including the Crowne Plaza, Sheraton, Dan, Isrotel and Hilton.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv is an international hub of highly active and diverse nightlife with bars, dance bars and nightclubs staying open well past midnight.

The South of Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv is known for the popular Haoman 17 club, as well as for being the city's main hub of alternative clubbing, with underground venues including established clubs like the Block Club, Comfort 13 and Paradise Garage, as well as various warehouse and loft party venues.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv has become an international center of fashion and design.

In 2011, Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv hosted its first fashion week since the 1980s, with Italian designer Roberto Cavalli as a guest of honor.

In December 2008, Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv began putting together a team of gay athletes for the 2009 World Outgames in Copenhagen.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv is famous for its wide variety of world-class restaurants, offering traditional Israeli dishes as well as international fare.

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Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv is the Israeli football team that represents a neighborhood, the Hatikva Quarter in Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv, and not a city.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv is ranked to be 10th best to-skateboarding city by Transworld Skateboarding.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv is a major transportation hub, served by a comprehensive public transport network, with many major routes of the national transportation network running through the city.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv Light Rail is a planned mass transit system for the Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv metropolitan area.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv Metro is a proposed subway system for the Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv Metropolitan Area.

Sde Dov, in northwestern Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv, is a domestic airport and was closed in 2019 in favor of real-estate development.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv is home to Tel Aviv-Yafo Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, the third-largest hospital complex in Israel.