History of Haifa information

The history of Haifa dates back before the 3rd century BCE. Since then it has been controlled by several civilizations, including the Canaanites, Israelites...

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...

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...

Maccabi Haifa (Hebrew: מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and...

The University of Haifa (Hebrew: אוניברסיטת חיפה, Arabic: جامعة حيفا) is a public research university located on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. Founded...

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Haifa, Israel. 1047 – Persian traveler Nasir Khusraw visits village. 1100 or 1101 – a Crusader...

Tancred was given Tiberias, Haifa, and Bethsan by Godfrey of Bouillon. In 1101, Baldwin I limited Tancred's power by giving Haifa to Geldemar Carpenel, and...

1974 (ISBN 0-929093-13-5), pg. 97 Carmel, Alex. The History of Haifa Under Turkish Rule. Haifa: Pardes, 2002 (ISBN 965-7171-05-9), pp. 16-17 Riley-Smith...

The Armenians of Haifa are a local community within the larger Armenian diaspora in Israel. They number around 1,500 people or 0.5% of the city's total...

The range is a UNESCO biosphere reserve. A number of towns are situated there, most notably Haifa, Israel's third largest city, located on the northern...

in July 1940, the Italian bombing of the British Mandate of Palestine were primarily centered on Tel Aviv and Haifa. However, many other coastal towns...

The Port of Haifa (Hebrew: נָמֵל חֵיפָה, romanized: Nāmēl Ḥēyfāh; Arabic: حَيْفَا مِينَة‎, romanized: Mīnāʿ Ḥayfā) is the largest of Israel's three major...

The Haifa naval base is a base of Israeli Navy, located in Haifa, Israel, and constitutes the main naval base of the Israel Defense Forces. The base is...

skyscraper and government building in Haifa, Israel. It is part of Haifa's District Government Center (responsible for the Haifa District), named after Yitzhak...

Haifa Airport (Hebrew: נְמַל הַתְּעוּפָה חֵיפָה, Namal HaTe'ufa Haifa; Arabic: مطار حيفا) (IATA: HFA, ICAO: LLHA), also known as Uri Michaeli Airport...

river in Israel that flows into the Mediterranean Sea near the city of Haifa. The Kishon River is a 70 kilometres (43 mi)-long perennial stream in Israel...

Returning to Haifa (Arabic: عائد إلى حيفا, lit. 'Returning to Haifa') is a novella by Palestinian author and journalist Ghassan Kanafani depicting the...

from the air, bombing Tel Aviv and Haifa. In 1942, there was a period of anxiety for the Yishuv, when the forces of German General Erwin Rommel advanced...

Tell Abu Hawam is the site of a small city established in the Late Bronze Age (circa 1600 BCE) in the area of modern-day Haifa, Israel. The sixth century...

Tiberias, Haifa, Safed, Beisan, Jaffa and Acre fell, resulting in the flight of more than 250,000 Palestinian Arabs. The situation was one of the catalysts...