Hadar Hacarmel (widely known as Hadar) is a neighborhood of Haifa

Haifa

Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher...

, Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

. Located on the northern slope of Mount Carmel

Mount Carmel

Mount Carmel ; , Kármēlos; , Kurmul or جبل مار إلياس Jabal Mar Elyas 'Mount Saint Elias') is a coastal mountain range in northern Israel stretching from the Mediterranean Sea towards the southeast. Archaeologists have discovered ancient wine and oil presses at various locations on Mt. Carmel...

 between the upper and lower city, overlooking the Port of Haifa

Port of Haifa

The Port of Haifa is the largest of Israel's three major international seaports, which include the Port of Ashdod, and the Port of Eilat. It has a natural deep water harbor which operates all year long, and serves both passenger and merchant ships. It is one of the largest ports in the eastern...

 and Haifa Bay, it was once the commercial center of Haifa.

History

Hadar Hacarmel was founded before World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

. By 1944, most of Haifa's 66,000 Jewish residents lived in Hadar Hacarmel. Haifa's city hall, courthouse and government buildings were located in this neighborhood, but relocated to the lower city (Downtown) in the turn of the 21st century.

Landmarks

The Technion was located in Hadar until the new Kiryat Hatechnion (Technion City) campus was inaugurated in Neve Sha'anan in the late 70's. The old historic building, dating from 1912, is now a hands-on science museum, the Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space

Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space

The Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space is a science and technology museum in the city of Haifa, Israel....

. The Carmelit

Carmelit

The Carmelit is an underground funicular railway in Haifa, Israel. Construction started in 1956 and ended in 1959. The Carmelit was closed in 1986 after showing signs of aging...

, Israel's only subway, runs from Carmel Center to Paris Square via Hadar Hacarmel, where three of its six stations are located. Beit HaGefen, an Arab-Jewish cultural center, is located on the seamline of Hadar HaCarmel and Wadi Nisnas

Wadi Nisnas

Wadi Nisnas is an Arab neighborhood in the city of Haifa in northern Israel. Nisnas is the Arabic word for mongoose, an indigenous animal. The wadi has a population of about 8,000 inhabitants....

. The neighborhood has many Bauhaus

Bauhaus

', commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. At that time the German term stood for "School of Building".The Bauhaus school was founded by...

 buildings designed by German-Jewish architects who settled in Palestine

Palestine

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 after fleeing the Nazis.

Demography

Hadar HaCarmel now has 37,170 residents, accounting for 14% of Haifa's population. It is a neighborhood in flux with a large percentage of new immigrants from the former Soviet Union.

Neighborhoods

Hadar HaCarmel consists of four districts: Hadar West, Hadar East, Central Hadar and Upper Hadar.
Hadar West has a population of 7,940 and is 62% Arab. The Ba'hai Shrine and Universal House of Justice

Universal House of Justice

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 are located in this district. 10,340 people live in Upper Hadar, which is now largely Haredi. Central Hadar has a population of 9,450 and contains many of Haifa's architectural, cultural and historical landmarks. Haifa Theater; AlMeidan Theater; Madatech, the National Science Museum; Binyamin Park and Talpiot market are located in Central Hadar. Hadar East, with a population of 9,440, is divided into three neighborhoods; Yalag, Geula and Ramat Viznitz.