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Jaffa (Hebrew: יָפוֹ, romanized: Yāfō, pronounced ⓘ; Arabic: يَافَا, romanized: Yāfā, pronounced), also called Japho or Joppa in English, is an ancient Levantine port city founded by the Canaanites that is now part of southern Tel Aviv, Israel.
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The Jaffa orange ( Hebrew: תפוז יפו) also known as Shamouti...
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Old Jaffa is located in the northwest of Jaffa, on a hill...
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Jaffa, also called Japho or Joppa in English, is an ancient Levantine port city founded by the Canaanites that is now part of southern Tel Aviv, Israel. Sitting atop a naturally elevated outcrop on the Mediterranean coastline, it was a strategic location that exchanged hands repeatedly in ancient Near East history, and was also contested during ...
Jan 24, 2017 · Israel is home to a number of ancient cities. Jaffa is often overlooked and wrongly taken as an addendum to Tel Aviv, but it’s much more than that. Walking through the small alleyways of old Jaffa offers a sense of history, and allows visitors to muse over the city’s (often violent) past.
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Jaffa | ancient city, Middle East | Britannica. Contents. Jaffa. ancient city, Middle East. Also known as: Yafo. Learn about this topic in these articles: Tel Aviv–Yafo. In Tel Aviv–Yafo. …the ancient Mediterranean port of Jaffa (now Yafo), with which it was joined in 1950.
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Jaffa is the most ancient city centre 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.).
