Hadar HaCarmel
Hadar HaCarmel (
Etymology
The name of the neighborhood is derived from a verse in Isaiah 35:2.[1]
History
Hadar HaCarmel was founded before World War I. Shmuel Pevzner was one of the founders of the neighborhood and head of its development committee in 1922-1927.[2]
By 1944, most of Haifa's 66,000 Jewish residents lived in the district.[3] Haifa's city hall, courthouse and government buildings were located in Hadar, but relocated to the lower city (Downtown) in the turn of the 21st century.[4]
Hadar has historically been characterized as a Jewish immigrant neighbourhood with many Holocaust survivors settled in the area, and in the early 1990s when many newcomers from the former Soviet Union were first absorbed there.
Landmarks
The
Demography
Hadar HaCarmel has roughly 37,200 residents, accounting for 14% of Haifa's population. It is a neighborhood in flux with a large percentage of new
According to the official division by the Haifa municipality,.
References
- ^ Vilnai, Ze'ev (1974). "Hadar-Hacarmel". Ariel Encyclopedia (in Hebrew). Vol. 2. Tel Aviv, Israel: Am Oved. p. 1794.
- ^ Samuel Joseph Pevzner
- ^ Encyclopedia of Zionism and Israel, edited by Raphael Patai, Herzl Press/McGraw Hill, New York, 1971, "Haifa," vol. 1, pp. 448–449.
- ^ a b Shani Shilo (18 February 2008). "Neighborhood renewal, or urban waste?". Haaretz. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ a b Haifa Municipality website.
- ISBN 9780198028437.
- ISBN 9780253023414.