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Coordinates: 32°49′09″N 34°59′57″E. Haifa ( / ˈhaɪfə / HY-fə; Hebrew: חֵיפָה, romanized : Ḥēyfā, IPA: [ˈχajfa]; Arabic: حَيْفَا, romanized : Ḥayfā) [2] is the third-largest city in Israel —after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv —with a population of 290,306 in 2022.
The history of Haifa dates back before the 3rd century BCE. Since then it has been controlled by several civilizations, including the Canaanites, Israelites, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Crusaders, Kurds, the Mamluks, the Ottoman Turks and the British; currently it is a major city in Israel .It is a mixed city of Jews and Arab citizens of Israel .
5 days ago · Haifa, city, northwestern Israel. The principal port of the country, it lies along the Bay of Haifa overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The city is situated on the northern slopes of Mount Carmel, except for the port section on the bay. The lower and upper cities are linked by an underground railway.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 18, 2018 · Jun 18, 2018 • 6 min read. View on beautiful Bahai garden with Shrine of Bab. Haifa, Israel. Haifa is moody in the best possible way. Israel’s third-largest city is a jigsaw of neighbourhoods between the slopes of Mt Carmel and the Mediterranean Sea.
Passenger traffic. 140,054 (2017) Website. haifaport.co.il. The Port of Haifa ( Hebrew: נָמֵל חֵיפָה, romanized : Nāmēl Ḥēyfāh; Arabic: حَيْفَا مِينَة, romanized : Mīnāʿ Ḥayfā) is the largest of Israel 's three major international seaports, the others being the Port of Ashdod, and the Port of Eilat.
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View towards the Shrine of the Báb from upper Terraces. The Baháʼí Arc from the International Archives building. The Baháʼí World Centre is the name given to the spiritual and administrative centre of the Baháʼí Faith, [1] representing sites in or near the cities of Acre and Haifa, Palestine . Much of the international governance and ...
THE STORY OF HAIFA. In 1945, the city of Haifa was the administrative capital of the Haifa sub-district of Palestine. It had a population of 138,300, of whom 62,800 were Palestinian, and 75,500 were Jewish. On 20 April 1948, during the Nakba, most of the Palestinian population of Haifa was forcibly displaced by Zionist military forces.
