Tel Aviv District: Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Ramat Hasharon, Bnei Brak, Holon, Bat Yam, Herzliya, Ponevezh Yeshiva, Giv'atayim, Kiryat Ono

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Ramat HaSharon, Bnei Brak, Holon, Bat Yam, Herzliya, Ponevezh Yeshiva, Giv'atayim, Kiryat Ono, Or Yehuda, Ramat Gan Safari, Kfar Shmaryahu, Azor, Diamond Exchange District. Excerpt: Tel Aviv ( ), officially Tel Aviv-Yafo (Hebrew:, Hebrew pronunciation: , "Spring Mound"-Jaffa; Arabic: ), is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of 51.4 km (20 sq mi). The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with a population of 3.3 million residents as of 2010. The city is governed by the Tel Aviv-Yafo municipality, headed by Ron Huldai. Residents of Tel Aviv are referred to as Tel Avivim. Tel Aviv was founded in 1909 by the Jewish Community of Jaffa (Hebrew:, Yafo; Arabic:, Yaffa), on the outskirts of the ancient port city. The growth of Tel Aviv soon outpaced Jaffa, which had a majority Arab population at the time. Tel Aviv and Jaffa were merged into a single municipality in 1950, two years after the establishment of the State of Israel. Tel Aviv's White City, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003, comprises the world's largest concentration of Bauhaus buildings. Tel Aviv is a beta+ world city, alongside cities such as Barcelona and San Francisco. Known as "The City That Never Sleeps," it is a popular tourism destination on the Mediterranean with 2.7 million international visitors annually. It is renowned for its 24-hour culture, beaches, bars, restaurants, cafes, parks, shopping, cosmopolitan lifestyle, and landmark neighborhoods such as Old Jaffa and Neve Tzedek. Tel Aviv is an economic hub, home to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, corporate offices and research and development centers. It is the country's financial capital and a...