Tel Aviv lies on the coast of which sea?
AnswerThe Mediterranean Sea
Tel Aviv stretches along a long line of sandy Mediterranean beaches.
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Tel Aviv facts & stats
7 fact-checked facts about Tel Aviv, each with the reason behind it. 5 more are in today's round and join this page after it closes.
The basics
Tel Aviv is on which continent?
AnswerAsia
Tel Aviv is in Western Asia, in the region often called the Middle East.
Going deeper
Tel Aviv's 'White City' is known for thousands of buildings in which style?
AnswerBauhaus, or International Style
Architects trained in Europe designed white, flat-roofed, modernist buildings there in the 1930s.
The Hebrew word 'aviv' in Tel Aviv means what?
AnswerSpring
Aviv means spring, the season, suggesting renewal and new growth.
Which river flows through northern Tel Aviv into the sea?
AnswerYarkon River
The Yarkon runs west through Tel Aviv's large Park HaYarkon before reaching the Mediterranean.
Expert level
How did Tel Aviv's founding families famously divide up their first building plots?
AnswerBy a lottery using seashells
Families drew lots using seashells gathered from the beach, a scene captured in a famous photograph.
What is the name of the metropolitan region around Tel Aviv?
AnswerGush Dan
Gush Dan, meaning 'Dan Bloc', is the densely built urban region centered on Tel Aviv along the coast.
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