# Rova

> District or quarter: "Rova Sde Dov" is the marketing name for the whole redevelopment.

Canonical: https://shavnu.com/glossary/rova

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**רובע**

Israeli planners use rova for a city district. Rova Sde Dov is the official and marketing name for the ~1,300-dunam neighborhood replacing Dov Hoz airport. When a brochure says "the district," this is the unit it means, not a single tower or complex.

## Where this comes up

- [Zahara Levitov And The Names On The Map](https://shavnu.com/blog/names-on-the-map.md): The district's streets, complexes, and light-rail stops carry a few recorded names. This is a short piece about the people the file actually names, starting with the pioneering pilot Zahara Levitov.
- [Sea, Price And Commute: Sde Dov Against Herzliya Pituach](https://shavnu.com/blog/sde-dov-vs-herzliya-pituach.md): Both names sit on the Mediterranean north of central Tel Aviv. One is a presale leasehold district inside the city; the other is an established freehold villa enclave. The choice is typology, not a price ranking.
- [How Tel Aviv Grew North, And Why Sde Dov Was Last](https://shavnu.com/blog/tel-aviv-northward.md): Patrick Geddes drew the coast as city when the airfield was new. Blocks later pressed against the fence while the runway stayed. The typed record explains what built up around the strip and why this sand was the last to turn.
- [Eighty-One Years on the Sand: The Complete History of Sde Dov Airport](https://shavnu.com/blog/history-of-sde-dov-airport.md): From a 1938 strip opened during the Arab Revolt to the last departure on 30 June 2019: how Tel Aviv’s city airport was built, named, fought over, and taken apart, and what Runway Park still keeps.
- [TA/4444, Decoded: How to Read the Sde Dov Masterplan Like a Planner](https://shavnu.com/blog/masterplan-explained.md): The validated district plan packs 16,000 homes, three complexes, a stepped skyline, and a light-rail spine into 1,300 dunams of former runway. Here is how to read it.

## Related terms

- [Dunam](https://shavnu.com/glossary/dunam.md): 1,000 square metres (about a quarter of an acre). The district is about 1,300 dunams.
- [TA/4444](https://shavnu.com/glossary/ta-4444.md): The Sde Dov district plan, validated in 2020, for about 16,000 homes.


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Source: https://shavnu.com/glossary/rova on Shavnu, an independent English guide to the
Sde Dov district in Tel Aviv. Figures come from the public record: Israel Tax
Authority transaction reports, Tel Aviv GIS, tender results and the Hebrew press.