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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › HaifaHaifa - Wikipedia

    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 city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropolitan area in Israel. [3] .

  2. 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 ...

  3. 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.

  4. The Baháʼí Terraces, or the Hanging Gardens of Haifa, are garden terraces on Mount Carmel in Haifa, and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Israel. Completed in 2001, there are 19 terraces and more than 1,500 steps ascending the mountain.

  5. www.haifa.muni.il. Haifa Bay. Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, at the base of Mount Carmel. It is the third-largest city in the country and an important sea port and industrial center.

  6. archive.jewishagency.org › places-israel › contentHaifa | The Jewish Agency

    May 4, 2005 · Haifa is the major port in Israel and a main town of the north of the country. The city of Haifa, extending over the northwest flank of Mt. Carmel and overlooking the Mediterranean, had a population of about 246,000 in the early 1990s.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Haifa_BayHaifa Bay - Wikipedia

    The Bay of Haifa or Haifa Bay (Hebrew: מפרץ חיפה, Mifratz Heifa), formerly Bay of Acre, is a bay along the Mediterranean coast of Northern Israel. Haifa Bay is Israel's only natural harbor on the Mediterranean. Haifa Bay also refers one of Haifa's nine quarters, covering the overwhelmingly industrial area northeast of Downtown and south ...

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