Haifa
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.
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| Map of Haifa Map of Haifa | |
| Coordinates: 32°49′0″N 34°59′0″E / 32.81667°N 34.98333°ECoordinates: 32°49′0″N 34°59′0″E / 32.81667°N 34.98333°E | |
| 145/246 PAL | |
| Country |  |
| District | 22x20px Haifa |
| Founded | 1st century CE |
| Government | |
| • Type | City |
| • Mayor | Einat Kalisch-Rotem |
| Area | |
| • City | 63.666 km2 (24.582 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • City | 281,087 |
| • Urban | 600,000 |
| • Metro | 1,050,000 |
| Website | www.haifa.muni.il |
Sports
There is a football club called Maccabi Haifa F.C. in Haifa.
Haifa Media
Western Haifa from the air
Jars excavated at Tell Abu Hawam
חיפה והר הכרמל
Haifa (today's Israel) in 1898. Description given at the source: "(...) photograph of Haifa taken from a Hill. It was created in 1898." (text from same source)
- HaifaColony.jpg
German Colony in the 19th century
- Location of Haifa German Templar Colony in the PEF Survey of Palestine.png
The new German Colony, Haifa is shown prominently in the 1880 PEF Survey of Palestine map.
- Haifa 1942.jpg
Haifa 1942 1:20,000
- PikiWiki Israel 4802 Haifa 1930.jpg
View of Haifa from Mount Carmel in 1930
- Indian lancers in Haifa 1918.jpg
Indian troops marching in Haifa in 1918
References
- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
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