Living In Israel
TLV Fun Facts
- Tel Aviv was founded during the Ottoman Empire in 1909.
- The city's name is derived from the Hebrew word "Tel", an archaeological term for an area where you can see the strata of old cities built upon one another, and the word "Aviv" which means spring. The name is meant to represent “a rebirth.”
- South of Tel Aviv is the city of Jaffa – a city whose history dates farther back than Jerusalem and which hosts the oldest operating port in the world. In 1909, a group of Jewish Jaffa residents chose to leave the city of Jaffa in order to establish a new residential neighborhood just outside the city’s border. This area turned out to be the first neighborhood of Tel Aviv. In 1950, Tel Aviv and Jaffa merged into one municipality – today known as Tel Aviv – Jaffa.
- With the influx of Jewish immigrants from Europe between the years 1924 and 1939, Tel Aviv became Israel’s major center of commerce, culture, and arts.
- The Tel Aviv of today has maintained its distinction as the cultural and economic hub of the country. In addition, the city boasts a plethora of restaurants, beaches, museums, movie theaters, outdoor cafes, fruit juice stands, boutique shops, bars, and clubs. This combination has attracted the nation’s youth and young professional crowd in droves and earned the city the reputation of Israel’s non-stop city and one of the party highlights of the Mediterranean.
- Approximately 2.5 million people live in the greater Tel Aviv area (known as Gush Dan), which is about one-third of Israel's population. While the actual population within the city’s limits is around 350,000, over one million people converge on Tel Aviv daily.
