Haifa

Summary

Haifa is a city^[1]. Haifa ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,268 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Haifa is located in Haifa Subdistrict^[3].
• Haifa is in the country of Israel^[4].
• Haifa's head of government is recorded as Yona Yahav^[5].
• Haifa's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Haifa's instance of is recorded as municipality^[7].
• Haifa's instance of is recorded as city council^[8].
• Haifa's instance of is recorded as big city^[9].
• Haifa's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Qiryat Hayyim – Qiryat Shemuel^[10].
• Haifa's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Haifa Bay Quarter^[11].
• Haifa's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Downtown^[12].
• Haifa's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Haifa West^[13].
• Haifa's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as HaKarmel^[14].
• Haifa's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Hadar^[15].
• Haifa's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Nave Sha'anan - Izraeliya^[16].
• Haifa's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Ramot Nave Sha'anan^[17].
• Haifa's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Q12048871^[18].
• Haifa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Marseille^[19].
• Haifa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Portsmouth^[20].
• Haifa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Erfurt^[21].
• Haifa's twinned administrative body is recorded as London Borough of Hackney^[22].
• Haifa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Manila^[23].
• Haifa's twinned administrative body is recorded as San Francisco^[24].
• Haifa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Suceava^[25].
• Haifa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Aalborg^[26].
• Haifa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cape Town^[27].

Body

Geography

Haifa is in the country of Israel^[4]. Haifa is located in Haifa Subdistrict^[3]. Haifa is part of Haifa District^[28].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+282831'}^[29] and {'amount': '+98618'}^[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6], municipality^[7], city council^[8], and big city^[9].

History and Context

1761 marks the founding of Haifa^[31].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Haifa include Haifa International Airport^[32], an international airport^[33], in Israel^[34], founded in 1934^[35] and Haifa Bay^[36], a bay^[37], in Israel^[38].

Why It Matters

Haifa ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,268 views/month).^[2] Haifa has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] Haifa is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for Haifa include Haifa International Airport^[32], an international airport^[33], in Israel^[34], founded in 1934^[35] and Haifa Bay^[36], a bay^[37], in Israel^[38].