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Haifa is Israel's third-largest city, consisting of 103,000 households, [92] or a population of 290,306. Immigrants from the former Soviet Union constitute 25% of Haifa's population, [ 93 ] thus making Russian one of the three main spoken languages of the city.
View of lower city and Haifa Bay.. The history of Haifa dates back before the 3rd century BCE.Since then it has been controlled by several civilizations, including the Canaanites, Israelites, Persians, Romans, Byzantines, Muslims, Crusaders, Kurds, the Mamluks, the Ottoman Turks and the British; currently it is a major city in Israel.
1918 – 23 September: Haifa occupied by British forces. [1] 1921 – Haifa Chamber of Commerce and Industry established. [10] 1922 – Population: 24,600. 1924 Technion – Israel Institute of Technology opens. Hapoel Haifa Football Club formed. 1928 – Stella Maris Light built. 1931 – Population: 50,403. 1933 – Port of Haifa expanded. [1]
Haifa, a seaside city of nearly 300,000 people, is the cultural and economic capital of northern Israel. It has increasingly come into Hezbollah 's sights since fighting with Israel escalated this week and residents are bracing for what many fear will be the worst round of violence since a war nearly two decades ago pounded the city with rockets.
Israel has 16 cities with populations over 100,000, including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Yafo. [2] In all, there are 77 Israeli localities granted "municipalities" (or "city") status by the Ministry of the Interior, including four Israeli settlements in the West Bank. [3]
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Hezbollah rockets hit Israel's third-largest city of Haifa early on Monday, in the first direct attack on the northern city that evaded the military's usually reliable air ...
Notes. 1 The population of "Jews and others" includes Jews, non-Arab Christians and those not classified by religion.; 2 The core area includes the city of Haifa.; 3 The inner ring consists of the Haifa District and includes the cities Kiryat Bialik, Kiryat Yam, Kiryat Motzkin, Kiryat Ata, Tirat Carmel and Nesher, as well as a multitude of smaller towns (local councils).
Dozens of rockets fired by Hezbollah were aimed as far south as Haifa, and the Israeli government warned residents north of the coastal city to limit activities, prompting the closure of more schools.