Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo (Ebreu: תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, lit. "Spring Moond"-Jaffa; Arabic: تل أبيب, Tall ʼAbīb),[1] uisually referred tae as Tel Aviv, is the seicont maist populous ceety in Israel, wi a population o 404,400.[2] The ceety is situated on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline, on a land aurie o 51.4 square kilometres (19.8 sq mi). It is the lairgest an maist populous ceety in the metropolitan aurie o Gush Dan. Residents o Tel Aviv are cawed Tel Avivians.[3]
Tel Aviv wis foondit in 1909 on the ootskirts o the ancient port ceety o Jaffa (Ebreu: יָפוֹ, Yafo; Arabic: يافا, Yaffa). The growth o Tel Aviv suin ootpaced Jaffa, which wis lairgely Arab at the time. Tel Aviv an Jaffa wur merged intae a single municipality in 1950, twa years efter the establishment o the State o Israel. Tel Aviv's White Ceety, designatit a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid in 2003, comprises the warld's lairgest concentration o Bauhaus biggins.[4][5][6]
Tel Aviv is classified as a beta+ warld ceety.[7] It is a major economic hub, hame tae the Tel Aviv Stock Exchynge an mony corporate offices an research an development centers.[8] Its beaches, parks, bars, cafés, restaurants, shoppin, cosmopolitan lifestyle an 24-hour cultur hae made it a popular tourist destination for domestic an owerseas tourists alike, contributin tae its reputation as "the ceety that niver sleeps.[9][10][11] Tel Aviv is the kintra's financial caipital a a major performing airts an business center.[12] The economy o Tel Aviv wis ranked seicont in the Middle East,[13] an 50t globally bi Foreign Policy's 2010 Global Ceeties Index.[14] It is the maist expensive ceety in the region, an the 17t maist expensive ceety in the warld.[15] New York Ceety-based writer an editor David Kaufman named it the "Mediterranean's New Caipital o Cool".[16] In 2010, Tel Aviv haes been named the third-best ceety in the warld bi Lonely Planet, third-best in the Middle East & Africae bi Travel + Leisure magazine, an ane o the best beach ceeties in the warld bi National Geographic.[17][18][19]
[edit] Etymology
The name Tel Aviv (literally "Spring Moond") wis chosen in 1910 amang mony suggestions, includin "Herzliya". Tel Aviv is the Ebreu title o Theodor Herzl's beuk Altneuland ("Auld New Land"), translatit frae German bi Nahum Sokolow. Sokolow teuk the name frae Template:Bibleverse: "Then A came tae them o the captivity at Tel Aviv, that lived bi the river Chebar, an tae where they lived; an A sat there owerwhelmed amang them seiven days."[20] This name wis foond fittin as it embraced the idea o the renaissance o the auncient Jewish hameland. Aviv is Ebreu for "spring", seembolizin renewal, an tel is an airchaeological site that reveals layers o ceevilization built ane ower the ither.[21] Theories vary aboot the etymology o Jaffa or Yafo in Ebreu. Some believe that the name derives frae yafah or yofi, Ebreu for "bonnie" or "beauty". Anither tradition is that Japheth, son o Noah, foondit the ceety and that it wis named for him. The name is an aa transliteratit as Tel-Abib in the Keeng James Bible.
[edit] Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Tel Aviv haes a pairtnership wi 
Los Angeles, Californie, USA an is twinned wi:
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[edit] References
- ↑ Tel Aviv is also commonly written in Hebrew without the hyphen (תל אביב).
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- ↑ The White City of Tel Aviv (PDF). UNESCO. Retrieved on 29 Mairch 2008. .
- ↑ Strimpel, Zoe. "Hip and happening in Tel Aviv", The Times, 2008-02-16. Retrieved on 16 Februar 2008..
- ↑ Template:Cite journal
- ↑ GaWC - The World According to GaWC 2008. Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Retrieved on 1 Mairch 2009. .
- ↑ Template:Cite journal
- ↑ "The world's top 10 party towns", Sydney Morning Herald, 2009-11-19. Retrieved on 19 November 2009..
- ↑ "An ugly scrap at Heathrow for the 'best-looking kid on the block'", Independent on Sunday, 2008-03-30. Retrieved on 30 Mairch 2008..
- ↑ Burchill, Julie. "Tel Aviv, Eilat and beautiful Jerusalem", The Times, 2010-04-03. Retrieved on 3 Apryle 2010..
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedGAWC - ↑ The 150 Richest Cities in the World by GDP in 2005. Retrieved on 13 Januar 2009. .
- ↑ The 2010 Global Cities Index.
- ↑ Cost of living — The world's most expensive cities. City Mayors.
- ↑ Instant weekend ... Tel Aviv, By David Kaufman, The Guardian, Published November 4, 2007.
- ↑ Tel Aviv ranked world's 3rd hottest city for 2011. Retrieved on 1 November 2010. .
- ↑ World's Best Awards 2010 - Africa and the Middle East. Retrieved on 11 Julie 2010. .
- ↑ Top 10 Beach Cities. Retrieved on 30 Julie 2010. .
- ↑ Beuk o Ezekiel 3:15
- ↑ Tel Aviv. Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved on 18 Julie 2007. .
- ↑ Frankfurt -Partner Cities. © 2008 Stadt Frankfurt am Main. Retrieved on 5 Dizember 2008. .
- ↑ Sister cities of Budapest (Hungarian). Official Website of Budapest. Retrieved on 1 Julie 2009. .
- ↑ http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/Hebrew/Cityhall/TwinCities/Index.asp
- ↑ Miasta partnerskie Warszawy. um.warszawa.pl. Biuro Promocji Miasta (2005-05-04). Retrieved on 29 August 2008. .
- ↑ List of Twin Towns in the Ruhr Destrict. © 2009 Twins2010.com. Retrieved on 28 October 2009. .
- ↑ Milano - Città Gemellate. © 2008 Municipality of Milan (Comune di Milano). Retrieved on 5 Dizember 2008. .
- ↑ Twinning Cities. City of Thessaloniki. Retrieved on 7 Julie 2009. .
- ↑ Barcelona internacional - Ciutats agermanades (Spanish). © 2006-2009 Ajuntament de Barcelona. Retrieved on 13 Julie 2009. .
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 São Paulo - Sister Cities Program. © 2005-2008 Fiscolegis - Todos os direitos reservados Editora de publicações periodicas - LTDA / © 2008 City of São Paulo. Retrieved on 9 Dizember 2008. .
- ↑ International Relations - São Paulo City Hall - Official Sister Cities
