Haifa

Haifa (); is the lairgest ceety in northren Israel, an the third-lairgest ceety in the kintra (after Jerusalem an Tel Aviv), wi a population o  in . Anither 300,000 fowk bide in touns directly adjacent tae the ceety includin the ceeties o the Krayot, as weel as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel an Nesher. Thegither thir auries form a contiguous urban aurie hame tae near 600,000 residents that maks up the inner core o the Haifa metropolitan aurie. Haifa haes a mixed population o Jews an Arabs, awtho Jews mak up tae 90% majority. The Arab population is predominantly Christian, whauras 28% o the Jewish population (correct for 2009) is made o immigrants frae the umwhile Soviet Union.Haifa , The Jewish Agency for Israel. Retrieved June 20, 2009. It is an important port ceety and industrial ceety. It is hame tae the Bahá'í Warld Centre, a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid, an aw.

Built on the sclents o Munt Carmel, Haifa haes a history datin back tae Biblical times. The earliest kent dounset in the vicinity wis Tell Abu Hawam, a sma port ceety established in the Late Bronze Age (14t century BC).Encyclopedia Judaica, Haifa, Keter Publishing, Jerusalem, 1972, vol. 7, pp. 1134-1139 In the 3rd century AD, Haifa wis kent as a dye-makin center. Ower the centuries, the ceety haes chynged haunds: It haes been conquered an ruled bi the Phoenicians, Ebreus, Persians, Hasmoneans, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Crusaders, Ottomans, Egyptians, Breetish, an the Israelis. Synee the establishment o the State o Israel in 1948, the ceety haes been govrened bi the Haifa Municipality.

The day, the ceety is a major seaport locatit on Israel's Mediterranean coastline in the Bay o Haifa coverin 63.7 square kilometres (24.6 sq mi). It is locatit aboot 90 kilometres (56 mi) north o Tel Aviv an is the major regional centre o northren Israel. Twa respectit academic institutions, the University o Haifa an the Technion, are locatit in Haifa, an the ceety plays an important role in Israel's economy. It haes several heh-tech pairks, amang them the auldest an lairgest in the kintra, an industrial port, an a petroleum refinery. Haifa wis umwhile the wastren terminus o an ile pipeline frae Iraq via Jordan.

 Etymology 
The oreegin o the name "Haifa" is unclear. Accordin tae historian Alex Carmel, it mey come frae the Ebreu verb ruit חפה (hafa), meanin tae kiver or shield, i.e. Munt Carmel covers Haifa. (owerset fae the Hebrew) Anither possible oreegin is the Ebreu wird חוֹף (hof), an aa meanin beach, or חוֹף יָפֶה (hof yafe), meanin bonnie beach. Some Christians believe that the toun wis named efter the heich priest Caiaphas, or Saunt Peter (Keiphah in Aramaic).

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 Twin touns - Sister ceeties 

Haifa is twinned wi the follaein ceeties:
  Marseille in Fraunce (since 1962)
  Portsmouth in Unitit Kinrick (syne 1962) Portsmouth City Council. Twinning . Retrieved 22 August 2007.
  Luton in Unitit Kinrick (syne 1966)
  Hackney in Unitit Kinrick (since 1968)
  Manila in Philippines (syne 1971)
  San Francisco in Unitit States (syne 1973)
  Aalborg in Denmark (syne 1973)
  Cape Toun in Sooth Africae (since 1975)
  Bremen in Germany (syne 1978)
  Antwerp in Belgium (syne 1986)
  Mainz in Germany (syne 1987)
  Saunt Petersburg in Roushie (syne 2008)<ref>Haifa agreement with partner </ref></small>
  Düsseldorf in Germany (syne 1988)  Rosario in Argentinae (since 1988)
  Odessa in Ukraine (syne 1992)
  Shanghai in Cheenae (syne 1994)
  Kobe in Japan (syne 2004)
  Boston in Unitit States (syne 1999)
  Limassol in Cyprus (syne 2000)
  Fort Lauderdale in Unitit States (syne 2002)
  Erfurt in Germany (syne 2005)
  Mannheim in Germany (syne 2005)
  Newcastle in Unitit Kinrick
  Wast Hartford in Unitit States
  Santo Domingo in Dominican Republic
  Guayaquil in Ecuador
  Lexington, Massachusetts in Unitit States

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Category:Arab Christian commonties in Israel
Category:Castles an fortifications o the Kinrick o Jerusalem
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Category:Mediterranean port ceeties an touns in Israel
Category:Mixed Israeli commonties