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Haifa metropolitan area

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Coordinates:32°48′45.77″N34°59′56.93″E / 32.8127139°N 34.9991472°E /32.8127139; 34.9991472

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Metropolitan area surrounding the city of Haifa in northern Israel

Metropolitan area in Israel

Haifa metropolitan area
Metropolitan area
Haifa is the third largest city in Israel and the centre of the Haifa metropolitan area.

Coordinates:32°48′45.77″N34°59′56.93″E / 32.8127139°N 34.9991472°E /32.8127139; 34.9991472
Country	Israel
Population (2016)
• Total	924,400
• Density	1,099.1/km² (2,847/sq mi)

TheHaifa metropolitan area (Hebrew:מטרופולין חיפה) is ametropolitan area including areas from both theHaifa and theNorthern districts ofIsrael. It is located along theIsraeli Mediterranean coastline. With an estimated population of almost 1 million, the Haifa metropolitan area is the third largest metropolitan area in Israel, behindGush Dan andGreater Jerusalem.

Metropolitan rings

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Israel Central Bureau of Statistics divides the Haifa metropolitan area into three areas:

Metropolitan rings in the Haifa metropolitan area^[1]
Metropolitan ring	Localities	Population (2021 estimate)				Population density (per km²)	Annual Population growth rate
Metropolitan ring	Localities	Total	Jews and others¹	Thereof:Jews	Arabs	Population density (per km²)	Annual Population growth rate
Core²	1	282,800	248,400	211,800	34,400	4,304	−0.3%
Inner Ring³	32	355,100	319,200	289,300	35,900	1,277.1	2.1%
Northern Section	3	129,300	129,100	112,700	200	5,887.7	1.9%
Eastern Section	16	104,400	99,800	94,100	4,600	1,208.4	1.4%
Southern Section	13	121,400	90,300	82,400	31,200	715.6	2.9%
Outer Ring⁴	70	345,600	150,600	136,100	195,000	700.2	1.4%
Northern Section	44	295,200	122,900	109,100	172,300	966.3	1.5%
Eastern Section	13	40,400	18,100	17,700	22,400	515.8	1.3%
Southern Section	13	10,000	9,700	9,400	300	91.2	0.3%
Total	103	983,500	718,200	637,300	265,400	1,174.6	1.2%

Notes

¹ The population of "Jews and others" includesJews, non-ArabChristians and those not classified by religion.
² The core area includes the city ofHaifa.
³ The inner ring consists of theHaifa District and includes the citiesKiryat Bialik,Kiryat Yam,Kiryat Motzkin,Kiryat Ata,Tirat Carmel andNesher, as well as a multitude of smaller towns (local councils).
⁴ The outer ring includes the citiesTamra,Karmiel,Acre,Shfar'am andNahariya, as well as many smaller towns (local councils).

Economy

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Business districts

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Downtown Haifa – thecentral business district of Haifa. This area has theport of Haifa, many shops and some beaches
Bay area, Haifa – between Haifa and the Krayot. This area has some malls and businesses. This area is also an important transport center with buses to Haifa and the northern part of the country, and trains to the central and southern parts of the country
Matam Park, Haifa –Hi-tech park in the south of the city. This park has the offices ofGoogle,Microsoft andYahoo! of Israel. Matam also has theIEC Tower, one of the tallest in the city
Carmel Center neighborhood (Merkaz HaKarmel), Haifa – shops and restaurants
Coastal strip of Haifa – from Downtown to Matam park
HaGa'aton Boulevard, Nahariya – The main street of the city from the beaches toHighway 4. The street has shops, restaurants, some hotels and the railway and bus stations
Coastal strip of Nahariya – some restaurants and one of northernmost coastal strips in the country
Industrial park of Karmiel – in the east of the city

Shopping centers

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Haifa

Krayot

Nahariya

Nahariya Mall
Kanyon HaTzafon (The north mall)

Karmiel

Hotzot Karmiel Mall

Akko

Azrieli Akko

Shefaram

Shefaram mall

Transportation

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The bus companyEgged runs many lines within Haifa and some lines connecting Haifa with other cities in the metropolitan area. Israel'snational highway network connects Haifa with other metropolitan areas, cities and suburbs.Haifa Airport serves domestics flights toEilat and international flights toCyprus andGreece.Israel Railways runsinter city lines to other cities in the country and onecommuter line from Haifa to its northern suburbs. There are plans for two new lines to its eastern suburbs.

Major highways

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The major highways in the Haifa metropolitan area include Area are:

Highway 2 – connects Haifa withTel Aviv.
Highway 4 – connects allIsraeli coastal plain cities and pass via Haifa city.
Highway 75 – connects Haifa withLower Galilee viaJezreel Valley.
Highway 70 – connects Carmel plain withWestern Galilee.
Highway 85 – connectsAkko withUpper Galilee.
Highway 79 – connectsKrayot area with Lower Galilee.

Panoramas

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Panorama of Haifa taken from theBahá'í World Centre onMount Carmel

References

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^"Localities, Population and Density Per Sq. Km., by Metropolitan Area and Selected Localities"(PDF).Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. September 15, 2022. RetrievedJuly 14, 2023.

v t e Haifa District
Cities	Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hadera Haifa Harish Kiryat Ata Kiryat Bialik Kiryat Motzkin Kiryat Yam Nesher Or Akiva Tirat Carmel Umm al-Fahm
Local councils	Ar'ara ('Ara) Basma Binyamina-Giv'at Ada Daliyat al-Karmel Fureidis Isfiya Jatt Jisr az-Zarqa Kafr Qara Kiryat Tiv'on Ma'ale Iron Pardes Hanna-Karkur Rekhasim Zikhron Ya'akov
Regional councils	Alona Hof HaCarmel Menashe Zevulun
See also	Haifa metropolitan area Krayot
Other sub-divisions:Central District Jerusalem District Judea and Samaria Area Northern District Southern District Tel Aviv District