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Information
- Location: 34°45′ east longitude and 31°30′ north latitude
- Area: 170 ㎢
- Geographical characteristics: The coastal ports of Tel Aviv-Yafo help it to serve as the hub of the high-tech indus
try and of transportation on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Major industries: On the strength of its large pool of competent workers and its well-developed high-tech
industry, Israel has become the only industrialized country in the Middle East. Its exports are
driven by electronics, metal, aeronautics and computers, while its diamond processing, biotech
nology and high-tech agriculture are globally competitive.
- Other information:
1) Educational institutions: Tel Aviv University and other universities and colleges
2) Cultural and entertainment facilities: Resorts and tourist attractions along the Mediterranean Sea.
3) Famous sites: Matam Park, one of the largest industrial hi-tech parks in Israel.
- Area: 5,000 employees are employed by 45 companies on the 24.5 acre site (1998).
- Matam Park is a hi-tech R&D center, not just an industrial park.
- The city is enjoying explosive growth, thanks to massive foreign investment in Israeli venture-backed
companies.
- Matam Park is at the heart of the Ministry of Industry and Trade's 26 projects to foster technology companies.
- Sisterhood was established on May 14, 2000.
- Web address: http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/english/home.asp
Sisterhood History
- Mayor Roni Milo visited Incheon in Oct. 1997, and offered to form a sisterhood relationship.
- On Sept. 13, 1998, the mayors of the two cities met in Tel Aviv, and signed letters stating their intention to
establish sisterhood ties.
- Lee Changho, the Korean ambassador to Israel, and Arie Arazi, the Israeli ambassador to Korea, worked together
from 1997 to 2000 to form sisterhood ties between the two cities.
- The city of Tel Aviv has played a key role in the world's transit trade and managing the capital of Jews living in
the US and in Europe.
- Incheon was the first Asian city to form a sisterhood relationship with Tel Aviv, but has since been followed by
Beijing.
- As of 1999, about 300 Koreans reside in Israel (250 in Jerusalem, 30 in Tel Aviv, and 25 in other areas). During
school vacations, the number of Koreans in Israel increases due to the hundreds of Korean students who
working at kibbutzim.
- As of 1999, 316 Koreans lived in Israel in 104 households, 190 of which (in 59 households) were employees
of Korean companies.
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