Haifa

:For the Lebanese singer, see Haifa Wehbe.

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Haifa (Hebrew חֵיפָה Ḥefa, Ḥeyfa; Arabic حَيْفَا ) is the third-largest city in Israel, with a population close to 300,000. Areas and towns around it are deemed to be in the Haifa District, of which it is also a part. It is a seaport, located below and on Mount Carmel, and lies on the Mediterranean coast.

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The city's sole official romanization Haifa and the common English pronunciation are based on the Arabic name Ḥayfā, whilst the unused Standard Hebrew name is Ḥefa, and the local Hebrew pronunciation is typically .

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Lebanese: Lebanese may refer to:...

Haifa Wehbe: Haifa Wehbe ????? ???? (also spelled Haifaa Wehbe, Haifa Wahbi, Hayfa Wehbeh, Hayfa Wehbi) is a Shiite Lebanese musician who took the Arab world by storm after the release of her first album Howa el-Zaman (He is time)....

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