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Jaffa

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Jaffa

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Also known as Yafo, Yafa, Japho, Joppa

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Jaffa is a city and quarter located in Tel Aviv, Israel. It has at various times been part of the Ottoman Empire, Mandatory Palestine, and Israel. The area has a population of 66,310 and covers an area of 17,510. The earliest written record of the place dates to 1400 BCE. Jaffa served as the capital of the County of Jaffa and Ascalon.

Notable events associated with the location include the 1921 Jaffa riots, the Siege of Jaffa, and slighting. The site sits at an elevation of 25 meters. Its official names are יפו and يافا.

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Place details

Locality
תל־אביב–יפו
Region
מחוז תל אביב
Country
ישראל
Population
100,000
Timezone
Asia/Jerusalem

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Air quality

59US AQIModerate
PM2.5
16.2 µg/m³
PM10
25.3 µg/m³
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
quarter
Official name
يافا
Country
Israel
Located in
Tel Aviv
Population
66310
Area
17510
Capital of
County of Jaffa and Ascalon
Location
Tel Aviv
Image
Israel-2013-Jaffa 01.jpg
Significant event
Siege of Jaffa
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Commons category
Jaffa
category for people born here
Q18664726
topic's main category
Category:Jaffa
category of associated people
Category:People from Jaffa
category for people who died here
Q32225593
P8168
Emil Eichhorn
P12749
Cherokee
native label
يافا
time of earliest written record
1400-00-00
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Travel guide

Understand

Jaffa is the most ancient city center and port within the Tel Aviv region. Before the new Jewish city of Tel Aviv was founded in 1908 in the sand dunes north of Jaffa, Jaffa was the main settlement for Arabs, Jews and the various waves of occupiers (Turks, British, etc.). Today, Jaffa is a southern suburb of Tel Aviv, and the main concentration of Arab population in the Tel Aviv area. Like other nearby areas, it is beginning to undergo gentrification from downtown Tel Aviv.

Get around

The interesting sites in Jaffa are very close together, and walking is the best way to get between them.

Do

Tourists flock to Jaffa mainly to wander around and enjoy the picturesque views and the local food joints and hunt for bargains in the shops and markets. If you would like to understand the history and significance of particular places in Jaffa better, a guided tour may be a good idea.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Encyclopedic overview

50 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • History
  • Early Bronze Age
  • Middle Bronze Age
  • Late Bronze Age
  • Egyptian period
  • Iron Age
  • Iron II
  • Assyrian period
  • Persian period
  • Hellenistic period
  • Roman period
  • Byzantine period
  • Early Islamic period
  • Crusader and Ayyubid periods
  • Mamluk period
  • Ottoman period
  • 16th–18th centuries
  • Napoleon (1799)
  • 19th century
  • 1900–1914
  • Late Ottoman-period economy
  • Late Ottoman agriculture; Jaffa oranges
  • First World War
  • British Mandate
  • 1920s: conflict and development
  • 1930s: Arab revolt (1936–39)
  • 1940–47: WWII; frictions
  • 1948 war
  • State of Israel
  • Gradual annexation into Tel Aviv
  • Urban development
  • Demography
  • Landmarks
  • Churches and monasteries
  • Mosques
  • Archaeology
  • Education
  • Local governance, politics
  • Socioeconomic and political problems
  • Transportation
  • Ottoman station, now leisure venue
  • Bus and tramway (light rail)
  • Railway
  • In popular culture
  • Notable residents
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

alt=|300px|thumb|Aerial view of old Jaffa 300px|thumb|Aerial view of old Jaffa and port with Tel Aviv behind

Jaffa (, ; , ), also called Japho, Joppa or Joppe in English, is an ancient Levantine port city which is part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, located in its southern part. The city sits atop a naturally elevated outcrop on the Mediterranean coastline.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jaffa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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