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Allenby Street (Hebrew: ???? ?????) is a main traffic arterial in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. It was named in honor of Lord Edmund Allenby.

Allenby Street stretches from the Mediterranean sea
Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea or Ocean off the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia....
 in the north-west to Tel Aviv's HaAliya street on the south-east. It was first paved with concrete (in its western part) in 1914. About 22 streets cross it.

Allenby street is known for its many cafes, markets and clothes stores.






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Allenby Street (Hebrew: ???? ?????) is a main traffic arterial in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. It was named in honor of Lord Edmund Allenby.

Allenby Street stretches from the Mediterranean sea
Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea or Ocean off the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia....
 in the north-west to Tel Aviv's HaAliya street on the south-east. It was first paved with concrete (in its western part) in 1914. About 22 streets cross it.

Allenby street is known for its many cafes, markets and clothes stores. It has 15 bookstores and is popular with the filmmaking industry. It is also the only place in Israel where antique 8 mm cameras are offered for sale (at the area of the corner of Ben-Yehuda
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda was a key figure in the Language revival of Hebrew language as a Human language. Ben-Yehuda regarded Hebrew and Zionism as symbiotic: "The Hebrew language can live only if we revive the nation and return it to the fatherland," he wrote....
 Street).

At night, Allenby offers a variety of pubs, bars and restaurants.

There are many major bus lines running through it, extending to practically every other city in Gush Dan
Gush Dan

Gush Dan is a metropolitan area including areas from both the Tel Aviv District and the Center District Districts of Israel. It is located along the Israeli coastal plain....
. The most recognized lines are 4 and 16, as those lines also have Sherut
Share taxi

A share taxi is a mode of transport that falls between private transport and conventional bus transport, often with a fixed or semi-fixed route, but with the added convenience of stopping anywhere to pick or drop passengers and not having fixed time schedules....
 shared taxis that follow the buses to answer the high demand.

Streets named Allenby in other cities

  • Haifa, Israel
  • Beirut
    Beirut

    Beirut is the Capital and largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2.1 million as of 2007. Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's coastline with the Mediterranean sea, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport and also forms the Beirut District area, which consists of the city and its suburbs....
    , Lebanon
    Lebanon

    Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
    .
  • Hamilton
    Hamilton, New Zealand

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    , New Zealand
    New Zealand

    New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
    .
  • Saanich
    Saanich, British Columbia

    The District of Saanich is a municipality on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. It is located north of the provincial capital, Victoria, British Columbia....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....