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Haifa

About Haifa

Population

268,215 in city
537,400 in metro

Size

52 km² (20 mi²)

Altitude

274 m

Haifa, Israel's third largest city, is the major metropolitan of the north part of Israel with a metro area of 160 square kilometers. It is spread over Mount Carmel and the shores of the Mediterranean, and is the only city in the world to have built skyscrapers on top of a mountainous terrain. Israel's largest seaport is located in Haifa and the city serves as one of the main industrial centers of the country. The city's ancient history stretches back to 200 B.C, a jewish village of Shikmona. At the onset of the 20th Century, the city's population had grown significantly and by WWI it numbered 20,000 inhabitants, as it became a central port for regional oil routes and industy. By 1944, it had grown by myriads to 128,000 inhabitants, which set Haifa's destiny as one of future Israel's most important cities. By the 1980s the city had lost some of its industrial importance, side by side with the development of new high tech parks, one of which is Israel's largest to date. Haifa is the Bahai religion's universal center and home to Shrine of the Báb and Gardens, one of the world's most noted works of landscape architecture, which have become a beautiful landmark of the city. Alongside Israel's largest High-tech zone, Matam, Haifa has two major academic institutions - Haifa University (Eshkol Tower) and the Technion, Israel's first academic institution, and still one of the nation's most prestigious. The worlds shortest and Israel's only underground railroad, the Carmelit, is located in the city.

Boroughs

Carmel (46), East Haifa (77), Hadar (25), Haifa Bay (10), Kiryat Haim (3), Neve Sha'anan - Yizraeliya (146), Ramot HaCarmel (79), Ramot Remez (21), West Haifa (88)

Metro Cities

Atlit, Basmat Tivon, Haifa, Kibbutz Yagur, Kiryat Ata, Kiryat Bialik, Kiryat Motzkin, Kiryat Tivon, Kiryat Yam, Nesher, Nofit, Ramat Yishai, Rekhasim, Tirat Carmel, Yir HaCarmel

No. of Buildings

No.	Current status
502	All Buildings
422	existing
29	under construction
49	planned
1	unbuilt
1	demolished

Tallest Buildings

#	Building	Height	Year
1	The Sail Tower	450 ft	2002
2	IEC Tower	427 ft	2003
3	Eshkol Tower	335 ft	1978
4	Panorama Tower	290 ft	1986
5	Ashdar Trio 1	285 ft	2016

Building types

No.	Type
304	high-rise building
163	low-rise building
9	synagogue
6	subterranean building
6	skyscraper
5	fountain
4	stadium
2	water tower
1	cooling tower
1	temple
1	silo

Other buildings

No.	Type
10	Famous buildings
23	Buildings with construction images