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Haifa
Also known as Hefa, Hayfa
Haifa ( ; , ; , ) is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropolitan area in Israel. It is home to the Baháʼí Faith's Baháʼí World Centre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and destination for Baháʼí pilgrimage.
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Haifa is Israel's third-largest city, located in a major metropolitan area and home to about a quarter million people. The city is internationally recognized as the spiritual center of the Baháʼí Faith, hosting the Baháʼí World Centre, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and pilgrimage destination.
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Place details
- Locality
- חיפה
- Region
- מחוז חיפה
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 285,316
- Timezone
Travel guide
Understand
thumb|400px|View of Haifa, the tip of the Carmel and Shrine of the Báb Haifa is an important transportation, industrial and cultural center and one of Israel's most important maritime trade centers.
Haifa is home to Jews, Muslim and Christian Arabs, as well as small communities of Ahmadis (in Kababir), Druze (in nearby Isfiya and Daliyat al-Karmel), Bahá'ís, and others. Haifa is characterised as a mosaic of peaceful coexistence between the communities. It is also the second-holiest city in the Bahai faith.
The phrase "Haifa works, Jerusalem prays, and Tel Aviv plays" refers to Haifa's reputation as a city of workers. A generation ago Haifa's image was that of a serious—and somewhat dull—labor city because of its factories and port. It still has an industrial area to its north, where one of Israel's two oil refineries is located. But it also has a world-class high-tech strip in its south, in the "Matam" technology park along the beach. The park includes blue-chip tech firms such as Intel, Philips, Microsoft, and Google as well as some of Israel's largest tech firms, Elbit, Zoran, and Amdocs. IBM has an R&D center on the top of Mount Carmel at Haifa University and HP has a lab at the Technion, Israel's leading technological university.
Get around
For more information check: Public transit in Israel.
Acquiring Rav Kav or paying through the Moovit app are the best ways to get tickets.
While Israeli manners may be rougher than in some other countries, they are also more likely to actually help you, with several people debating the best route for you.
See
thumb|The bay of Haifa by night Haifa is largely a modern city.
Do
thumb|right|The beach near Hof HaCarmel station. thumbnail|Haifa's cable car, between Bat-Galim Promenade and Stella Maris
Buy
thumbnail|The inside of "Kenyon Haifa" (Haifa mall) Haifa's mountainous location makes it generally unfriendly for the pedestrian. Therefore shopping avenues are less common than in other cities, though there are a few, such as the Hadar area and the Carmel Centre.
In the old downtown (city center), in a flat area close to the seaport, there are inexpensive shops.
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42 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Locations
- History
- Bronze Age: Tell Abu Hawam
- Roman Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Muslim caliphates
- Crusaders, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Ottoman Empire
- Bahá'í faith's shrine
- British Mandate
- 1947–1948 Civil War in Palestine
- Israel
- 20th century
- 21st century
- Demographics
- Religious and ethnic communities
- Geography
- Flora and fauna
- Climate
- Neighborhoods
- Economy
- Tourism and religious sites
- Arts and culture
- Museums
- Government
- Mayors
- Medical facilities
- Education
- Transportation
- Public transportation
- Air and sea transport
- Roads
- Sports
- Notable people
- Major terrorist attacks
- Twin towns – sister cities
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Haifa ( ; , ; , ) is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropolitan area in Israel. It is home to the Baháʼí Faith's Baháʼí World Centre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and destination for Baháʼí pilgrimage.
Built on the slopes of Mount Carmel, the settlement has a history spanning more than 3,000 years. Over the millennia, the Haifa area has changed hands: being conquered and ruled by the Canaanites, Israelites, Phoenicians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Hasmoneans, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Crusaders, Ottomans, and the British. The earliest known settlement in the vicinity was Tell Abu Hawam, a small port city established in the Late Bronze Age (14th century BCE). In the 3rd century CE, Haifa was known as a dye-making center. Haifa el-Atika, 5km northwest of Tell Abu Hawam, is the former site of Haifa as it existed between the 11th–18th centuries. In the late Ottoman period, in the 1760s, Haifa el-Atika was relocated to the east as a new, fortified town, today known as the Old City of Haifa. During and after the Battle of Haifa in the 1948 Palestine war, most of the city's Arab population fled or were expelled and the Old City was subsequently demolished. That year, the city became part of the then-newly-established state of Israel.
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