The Origin of Tel Aviv-Jaffa Place Names

Jaffa has become more and more crowded due to the population growth. 1909, a group of Jewish immigrants from Russia decided to leave the noisy and dirty environment of the city and set up a settlement called Abuzat Bait in the suburbs. 19 10, the settlement was renamed tel Aviv, which developed by leaps and bounds and quickly took the lead, and its status and influence soon surpassed that of the old town of Jaffa.

1947, the United Nations resolution on the partition of Palestine suggested that Jaffa (with a population of 654.38 million at that time, including 30,000 Jews) should be owned by Arabs; Tel Aviv (then population 230,000) was owned by Jews. 1948, the Israeli army occupied Jaffa, and the Arabs in the city fled. 1950, Tel Aviv merged the old town of Jaffa and named it "Tel Aviv-Jaffa", which has been in use ever since.