The largest metropolitan area in Israel's northern region, the city of Haifa is located on the slopes of Mount Carmel directly above the country's Mediterranean coastline. Haifa's unique combination of sea and mountain has made the city one of Israel's most important strategic towns; central both to the country's safety and its trade. To this day, the Bay of Haifa serves as one of the country's foremost industrial centers, having linked Israel to global economy as early as the 1940s. Many changes have taken place over the centuries and in recent years Haifa has become known as a bustling industrial center and for its leading technology industries, with some of the world's biggest corporations having facilities here, including Intel, IBM, Microsoft and many others
Haifa is also a city of sciences. It is the home of the Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology. This world-famous institute trains tomorrow's scientists, researchers, engineers, teachers, architects and physicians in its 18 faculties. The number of publications and patents held by scientists at the Technion,is legendary. Other prestigious R&D institutes such as Rafael and the Oceanography and Limnology Institute and are also located in Haifa
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