Easy access to
all points of interest within the country is provided by rail connections
to Jerusalem, Haifa, and Beersheba and by an extensive bus network
operating out of the city.
Tel Aviv and Israel are connected to the rest of the world via the
international airport at Lod, 14 km (9 mi) southeast of the
city; the port of Ashdod, 31 km (19 mi) to the south; and the port
of Haifa, 80 km (50 mi) to the northeast.
The location of about 50 percent of Israel's industrial plants in
Tel Aviv makes it the country's principal
manufacturing center. Industries include textiles, chemicals, metals
and engineering products, vehicles, electric and electronic equipment,
high tech, furniture and wood products, food and tobacco processing,
diamond polishing, and printing and publishing.
The Tel Aviv stock exchange
is Israel's only such institution, and most banks, insurance companies,
and other large corporations are headquartered there.
Tel Aviv is the home of Bar-Ilan University and Tel Aviv University,
as well as of the Israeli national theater, Habimah, and the Israel
Philharmonic.
The Tel Aviv Museum, the Ha'aretz Museum, the Museum of the Diaspora,
and a zoo add to the cultural life of the city.
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