Tel Aviv Hebrew: תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, Arabic: تَلْ أَبِيبْ يَافَا Tall ʾAbīb is the second largest city in Israel after Jerusalem, and the largest metropolitan area. It is on the Mediterranean coast, about 60 km north-west of Jerusalem and some 100 km south of Haifa. The official name is Tel Aviv-Yafo תל אביב-יפו, and reflects the fact that the city has grown beside and absorbed the ancient port city of Yafo English: Jaffa, Arabic: يافا Yafa, to the south of the new city center, in addition to many other neighboring cities.
