The city of Tel Aviv-Yafo is subdivided into four quarters, which are further divided into neighborhoods.

Quarters

The quarters of Tel Aviv are as follows.[1]

NameIn HebrewAreaPopulation (estimated, ca. 2021)Density per sq. km
North / Trans-Yarkon צפון / עבר הירקון 22 km2 (8.5 sq mi) 123,000 5,591
Center מרכז 13 km2 (5.0 sq mi) 170,000 13,077
Jaffa and South יפו ודרום 10 km2 (3.9 sq mi) 85,000 8,500
East מזרח 8.5 km2 (3.3 sq mi) 82,000 9,647

Neighborhoods

Below is the list of neighborhoods, arranged geographically from north to south, then from west to east.

Northwest

Ramat Aviv

Residential

Non-residential regions

Northeast

Residential

  • Ganei Tzahala (גני צהלה), Gardens of Joy
  • HaMishtalah (המשתלה), The [Plant] Nursery
  • Hadar Yosef (הדר יוסף), Glory of Joseph (Elishar)
  • Ma'oz Aviv (מעוז אביב), Spring Fortress
  • Ne'ot Afeka (נאות אפקה), Beautiful Pastures
  • Neve Sharret (נוה שרת), (Moshe) Sharett Oasis
  • Ramat HaHayal (רמת החייל), Soldier's Hill (also known as (רמת החי"ל), HIL (acronym for the Jewish Brigade) Height)
  • Ramot Tzahala (רמות צהלה), Heights of IDF-Joy (Portmanteau from IDF and Joy)
  • Revivim (רביבים),Mild rainstorms
  • Shikun Dan (שיכון דן), Dan Neighborhood
  • Tel Baruch (תל ברוך), (Mordechai Joseph) Baruch Hill
  • Tzahala (צהלה), Portmanteau from IDF and Joy
  • Yisgav (ישגב), He will be Great

Non-residential regions

Central

Residential

  • HaTzafon HaYashan (הצפון הישן), The Old North
  • Yehuda HaMaccabi (יהודה המכבי) Judah the Maccabi
  • Montefiore (מונטיפיורי), (Moses) Montefiore
  • Lev HaIr (לב העיר), The City Center/Core, lit. Heart of the City
  • Kerem Hatemanim (כרם התימנים), Yemenites Vineyard
  • Bavli, (בבלי) Babylonian (Talmud)
  • Tzamarot Ayalon (צמרות איילון), Ayalon Treetops
  • Giv'at Amal Bet (גבעת עמל ב'), Workers Hill B
  • Neve Tzedek (נווה צדק), Righteousness House
  • Shabazi (שבזי), (Shalom) Shabazi
  • Ohel Moshe (אהל משה), Moshe Tent (merged with Neve Tzedek)

Non-residential regions

  • HaRakevet (הרכבת), The Train
  • HaKirya (הקרייה), The (Government) Campus
  • Menashiya (מנשייה)

Southwest

Old Jaffa
  • Old Jaffa (יפו העתיקה), Old Jaffa
  • Yafo C (יפו דרום), Jaffa South
  • Giv'at HaTmarim (גבעת התמרים), Dates Hill
  • Ajami (עג'מי), (Ibrahim) al-Ajami
  • Tzahalon (צהלון), Rejoice
  • Givat Aliyah (גבעת עלייה), Aliyah Hill = Elevation's Hill

South

Florentin, Tel Aviv
Aerial view of Yad Eliyahu

Southeast

  • Nahalat Yitzhak (נחלת יצחק), Yitzchak's (Spektor) Estate
  • Bitzaron (ביצרון), Little Fortress
  • Ramat Yisrael (רמת ישראל), Israel (Rokach) Heights
  • Tel Haim (תל חיים), Haim (Chisin) Hill
  • Yad Eliyahu (יד אליהו), Eliyahu (Golomb) Memorial
  • Ramat HaTayasim (רמת הטייסים), Pilots' Height
  • Neve Tzahal (נוה צה"ל), Oasis of the IDF
  • Kfar Shalem (כפר שלם), Peaceful Village
  • HaArgazim (הארגזים), The Crates
  • Shkhunat HaTikva (שכונת התקווה), The Hope Quarter
  • Neve Barbur (נווה בארבור), Swan Oasis / Swan's Abode
  • Ezra (עזרא) Ezra (the Scribe)

References

  1. "עדכון תכנית המתאר תא/5500" [City Plan Update TA/5500] (PDF) (in Hebrew). City of Tel Aviv-Yafo. July 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  2. Wellsprings of memory
  3. Tel Aviv's forgotten neighborhood
  4. "Sabil Abu Nabbut". www.archnet.org. Archived from the original on 2007-12-24.
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