Haifa metropolitan area

The Haifa metropolitan area (Hebrew: מטרופולין חיפה‎) is a metropolitan area including areas from both the Haifa and the Northern districts of Israel. It is located along the Israeli Mediterranean coastline. With an estimated population of almost 1 million, the Haifa metropolitan area is the third largest metropolitan area in Israel, behind Gush Dan and Greater Jerusalem.

Haifa Metropolitan Area
Largest cityHaifa
Other citiesKiryat Bialik, Kiryat Yam, Kiryat Motzkin,
Kiryat Ata, Tirat Carmel, Nesher,
Tamra, Karmiel, Nahariya, Akko
Population Ranked 3rd in Israel
 - Total 924,400 (2016 est.)
 - Density 1099.1/km²
Haifa is the third largest city in Israel and the centre of the Haifa metropolitan area.
The Krayot.
Nahariya.
Karmiel.

Metropolitan rings

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

Metropolitan rings in the Haifa metropolitan area[1]
Metropolitan ring Localities Population (2017 estimate) Population density
(per km²)		 Annual Population
growth rate
Total Jews and others1 Thereof: Jews Arabs
Core2 1 281,100 249,300 217,600 31,800 4,354.1 0.5%
Inner Ring3 32 328,900 295,100 271,300 33,900 1,182.9 1.7%
Northern Section 3 120,700 120,600 107,700 200 5,498.7 1.1%
Eastern Section 16 98,800 94,600 89,500 4,100 1,143.0 1.8%
Southern Section 13 109,500 79,900 74,000 29,600 644.9 2.4%
Outer Ring4 70 326,800 143,000 132,600 183,700 662.1 1.7%
Northern Section 44 278,600 116,000 106,100 162,600 912.0 1.7%
Eastern Section 13 38,500 17,600 17,300 20,900 490.7 1.3%
Southern Section 13 9,700 9,400 9,200 300 88.8 2.0%
Total 103 936,800 687,400 621,500 249,400 1,120.3 1.3%

Notes

Economy

Business districts
  • Downtown Haifa – the central business district of Haifa. This area has the port 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 of Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! of Israel. Matam also has the IEC 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 to Highway 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

Haifa

Krayot

  • HaKiryon
  • Azrieli Kiryat Ata

Nahariya

  • Nahariya Mall
  • Kanyon HaTzafon (The north mall)

Karmiel

  • Hotzot Karmiel Mall

Akko

  • Azrieli Akko

shefaram

  • shefaram mall

Transportation

The bus company Egged runs many lines within Haifa and some lines connecting Haifa with other cities in the metropolitan area. Israel's national highway network connects Haifa with other metropolitan areas, cities and suburbs. Haifa Airport serves domestics flights to Eilat and international flights to Cyprus and Greece. Israel Railways runs inter city lines to other cities in the country and one commuter line from Haifa to its northern suburbs. There are plans for two new lines to its eastern suburbs.

Major highways

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

Panoramas
Panorama of Haifa taken from the Bahá'í World Centre on Mount Carmel

See also

References
  1. "Localities, Popuplation and Density Per Sq. Km., by Metropolitan Area and Selected Localities" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2018. Retrieved June 2, 2019.

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