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Jaffa Light

Jaffa Light is a lighthouse in , , . It is located on a hilltop above the old , in the of the city. It operated between 1865 and 1966, although now deactivated it is still used as a daylight navigation aid.
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  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in Israel
  • Also known as: “Jaffa Lighthouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jaffa Port and Illana Gur Museum.

Photo: Noam.armonn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an ancient port situated on the Mediterranean Sea. It is located in within , , . The port serves as a fishing harbour, a yacht harbour, and as a tourist destination.

Museum
Photo: Ilanagoormuseum, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ilana Goor Museum, or the Ilana Goor Residence and Museum, is an Israeli situated in the , the Mediterranean port town south of .

Theater building
Photo: Talsab87, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Na Laga'at is a nonprofit organization founded in 2002 by Adina Tal and Eran Gur. It is first ensemble of its kind in the world whose actors are all deafblind.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old City of Jaffa and Ajami.

Neighborhood
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Old Jaffa is the oldest neighborhood in . It is one of Israel's main tourist attractions, with art galleries, restaurants, theaters, museums, and nightclubs.

Neighborhood
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is a predominantly Arab neighborhood in Tel Aviv-Yafo, , situated south of and north of the Jabaliyya neighborhood on the Mediterranean Sea.

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, also called Japho, Joppa or Joppe in English, is an ancient Levantine port city which is part of , , located in its southern part.

Jaffa Light

Latitude
32.0536° or 32° 3′ 13″ north
Longitude
34.75046° or 34° 45′ 2″ east
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
8G4P3Q32+C5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3992078719
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
12104241
Wiki­data ID
Q2891888
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Polish—“Jaffa Light” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “জাফা বাতিঘর”
  • Bengali: “জাফা লাইট”
  • Chinese: “雅法燈塔”
  • Czech: “Jaffa”
  • French: “phare de Jaffa”
  • French: “Phare de Jaffa”
  • Hebrew: “מגדלור יפו”
  • Polish: “Latarnia morska Jafa”
  • Polish: “Latarnia morska Jaffa”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Jaffa Light”. Photo: CaptainHaddock, CC BY-SA 3.0.