Some Important Facts about Haifa
- On the Mediterranean coast, Haifa has 17 km of beautiful beaches and traveling up through the city, one reaches the Mount Carmel National Park with forests of pine trees covering 80 hectares of land.
- 270,000 residents, 25% immigrants, 18% pensioners, 9% Arab population.
- Many interesting tourist sites: Elijah’s cave (worshipped by all religions), the luxurious Bahai gardens, the Druze villages and the exciting Galilee.
Over the years, Haifa has developed into a major scientific center with a fully developed industrial base and two universities.
- The Carmel National Park spreads over the mountain range.
- Great playgrounds for children in every neighborhood, zoo, lots of fun and educational activities.
- Matam Center for Research and Development of Hi – tech industries hosts: Elbit, Google, IBM, Intel, Microsoft,, Philips, Qualcom, Zoran, and others.
- Many educational centers throughout the city, for all ages:
- Haifa University with faculties of law, sciences, art, humanities, languages and literature.
- The Technion,a research and teaching institute of international repute with 18 faculties, amongst them 5 in the natural sciences and 9 in applied sciences and engineering: biotechnology, civil, industrial, mechanical , chemical, materials, electrical, aerospace engineering, computer science, medicine, architecture, management.
- A network of colleges, professional schools, as well as torah study centers and yeshivot.
- Some of Israel’s very best educational institutions such as Alliance, Leo Baeck, Reali and Yavne.
- A municipal theater, cinemateque, museums and numerous festivals complete the cultural facilities.