Jaffa

E66822

ancient city historic district neighborhood port city

Jaffa is an ancient port city on the Mediterranean coast, now part of Tel Aviv-Yafo in Israel, known for its historic harbor, mixed Arab-Jewish population, and continuous habitation since antiquity.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Jaffa canonical	48
Joppa	6
Old City of Jaffa	3
city of Jaffa	2
Old City	1
Old Jaffa	1

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ historic district ⓘ neighborhood ⓘ port city ⓘ
adjacentTo	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ southern Tel Aviv ⓘ
country	Israel ⓘ
hasClimate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ
hasCulturalAttraction	art galleries ⓘ boutique hotels ⓘ museums ⓘ restaurants and cafes ⓘ street markets ⓘ theaters and cultural centers ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	arts and crafts ⓘ fishing ⓘ hospitality industry ⓘ retail trade ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasEthnicCommunity	Arab population ⓘ Jewish population ⓘ
hasFeature	ancient city walls remnants ⓘ mixed residential and commercial areas ⓘ steep hill overlooking the sea ⓘ stone quays and harbor structures ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod	British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ surface form: British Mandate period Byzantine period ⓘ Late Bronze Age ⓘ surface form: Canaanite period Crusader period ⓘ Early Islamic period ⓘ New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Egyptian New Kingdom rule Hellenistic period ⓘ Ancient Israel ⓘ surface form: Israelite period Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ surface form: Mamluk period Ottoman period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ State of Israel period ⓘ
hasLandmark	Andromeda’s Rock (traditional site) ⓘ Immanuel Church ⓘ Jaffa Clock Tower ⓘ Jaffa Lighthouse ⓘ Jaffa Port ⓘ Mahmoudiya Mosque ⓘ St. Peter’s Church ⓘ
hasPart	Clock Tower Square ⓘ Jaffa Flea Market ⓘ Jaffa Port ⓘ Jaffa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Jaffa
hasPopulationType	mixed Arab-Jewish population ⓘ
hasReligiousCommunity	Christian community ⓘ Jewish community ⓘ Muslim community ⓘ
hasStatus	continuously inhabited settlement ⓘ historic core of Tel Aviv-Yafo ⓘ
knownFor	Jaffa Flea Market ⓘ Jaffa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old City Ottoman-era architecture ⓘ ancient port ⓘ continuous habitation since antiquity ⓘ historic harbor ⓘ mixed Arab-Jewish coexistence ⓘ narrow alleys and stone buildings ⓘ religious diversity ⓘ views of Tel Aviv skyline ⓘ
languageUsed	Arabic ⓘ English (tourism) ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn	Tel Aviv District ⓘ Tel Aviv ⓘ surface form: Tel Aviv-Yafo coastal plain of Israel ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Israel Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOn	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Mediterranean coast ⓘ
partOf	Tel Aviv metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Gush Dan metropolitan area Tel Aviv ⓘ surface form: Tel Aviv-Yafo
transportConnection	connected by road to central Tel Aviv ⓘ near Tel Aviv light rail lines (planned/operational segments) ⓘ served by bus lines ⓘ

Referenced by (61)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Mandate for Palestine → contains → Jaffa ⓘ

Tel Aviv → mergedWith → Jaffa ⓘ

Book of Jonah → featuresLocation → Jaffa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joppa

Cornelius the centurion → sendsMessengersTo → Jaffa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joppa

Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo → governsPart → Jaffa ⓘ

Peres Center for Peace → locatedIn → Jaffa ⓘ

Peres Center for Peace → headquartersLocation → Jaffa ⓘ

Ottoman Palestine → includesTerritory → Jaffa ⓘ

Levant region → hasMajorCity → Jaffa ⓘ

Palestine Post → operatedPostOfficesIn → Jaffa ⓘ

Palestine Railways → servedCity → Jaffa ⓘ

Palestine Airways → headquartersLocation → Jaffa ⓘ

Jaffa → knownFor → Jaffa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old City

Jaffa → hasPart → Jaffa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Jaffa

Palestine → hasMajorCity → Jaffa ⓘ

Eliyahu Berligne → residence → Jaffa ⓘ

Neve Tzedek → adjacentTo → Jaffa ⓘ

Kingdom of Jerusalem → majorPort → Jaffa ⓘ

Jaffa Gate → namedAfter → Jaffa ⓘ

Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Stricken in Jaffa → depicts → Jaffa ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Jaffa

Battle of Jaffa (1192) → hasLocation → Jaffa ⓘ

prophet Jonah → traveledTo → Jaffa ⓘ

subject surface form: Jonah

this entity surface form: Joppa

Napoleon’s Syrian campaign → hasLocation → Jaffa ⓘ

Siege of Jaffa → locatedIn → Jaffa ⓘ

historic Palestine → majorCity → Jaffa ⓘ

Siege of Akko (1799) → relatedPlace → Jaffa ⓘ

Salah Khalaf → birthPlace → Jaffa ⓘ

Anglo-Palestine Bank (as issuer of currency in Mandatory Palestine) → headquartersLocation → Jaffa ⓘ

subject surface form: Anglo-Palestine Bank

Mandatory Palestine → majorCity → Jaffa ⓘ

Portobello → near → Jaffa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joppa

Arab general strike of 1936 → significantPlace → Jaffa ⓘ

Sixth Crusade → hasLocation → Jaffa ⓘ

Sixth Crusade → signedTreatyAt → Jaffa ⓘ

Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem → appliesToPart → Jaffa ⓘ

Jaffa Road → namedAfter → Jaffa ⓘ

Lydda → locatedSoutheastOf → Jaffa ⓘ

Lydda railway junction → servedCity → Jaffa ⓘ

Menahem Golan → placeOfDeath → Jaffa ⓘ

Treaty of Jaffa → tookPlaceIn → Jaffa ⓘ

Treaty of Jaffa → namedAfter → Jaffa ⓘ

Treaty of Jaffa → locationOfSigning → Jaffa ⓘ

Abraham Isaac Kook → residence → Jaffa ⓘ

Jaffa Flea Market → locatedIn → Jaffa ⓘ

Jaffa Port → locatedIn → Jaffa ⓘ

Clock Tower Square → locatedIn → Jaffa ⓘ

Jaffa Clock Tower → locatedIn → Jaffa ⓘ

Andromeda’s Rock (traditional site) → locatedNear → Jaffa ⓘ

Jaffa Lighthouse → locatedIn → Jaffa ⓘ

Jaffa Lighthouse → near → Jaffa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old City of Jaffa

St. Peter’s Church → locatedIn → Jaffa ⓘ

subject surface form: St. Peter’s Church (Jaffa)

this entity surface form: Old City of Jaffa