Haifa metropolitan area

Metropolitan rings

• ¹ The population of "Jews and others" includes Jews, non-Arab Christians and those not classified by religion.
• ² The core area includes the city of Haifa.
• ³ The inner ring consists of the Haifa District and includes the cities Kiryat Bialik, Kiryat Yam, Kiryat Motzkin, Kiryat Ata, Tirat Carmel and Nesher, as well as a multitude of smaller towns.
• ⁴ The outer ring includes the cities Tamra, Karmiel, Acre, Shfar'am and Nahariya, as well as many smaller towns.

  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, 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 Mall
• Grand canyon
• Lev HaMifratz Mall
• Horev center

• HaKiryon
• Azrieli Kiryat Ata

• Nahariya Mall
• Kanyon HaTzafon

• Hotzot Karmiel Mall

• Azrieli Akko

• shefaram mall

  Transportation

Major highways

• Highway 2 – connects Haifa with Tel Aviv.
• Highway 4 – connects all Israeli coastal plain cities and pass via Haifa city.
• Highway 75 – connects Haifa with Lower Galilee via Jezreel Valley.
• Highway 70 – connects Carmel plain with Western Galilee.
• Highway 85 – connects Akko with Upper Galilee.
• Highway 79 – connects Krayot area with Lower Galilee.

  Panoramas