Tel Aviv is the second largest city in Israel. The population is about 390,000, mainly Jewish, and Arabs account for about 4 [% of the total population]. Tel Aviv is situated in the eastern Mediterranean, with an area of 52 square kilometers. Tel Aviv was originally founded in 1909 by a group of Jewish immigrants to escape the expensive housing prices of the neighboring ancient port city of Yafa (Hebrew: Yafo; Arabic: Yafa), but Tel Aviv has grown faster than Yafa, which is dominated by Arabs. In 1950, two years after the founding of Israel, Tel Aviv and Yafa merged to form Tel Aviv-Yafa. Today, Tel Aviv is the political center of Israel, and it is also considered the most international economic center and cultural capital of Israel. Tel Aviv has a prosperous economy, high-rise buildings, a famous diamond trading center, and Rabin Square in front of the municipal building. There are signs commemorating the assassination of Rabin and his cemetery in Rabin Square, as well as triangular commemorative sculptures in memory of the slaughtered Jewish compatriots.