Haifa is located in Israel.
Haifa . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area , the second - or third-most populous metropolitan area in Israel . The earliest known settlement in the vicinity was Tell Abu Hawam , a small port city established in the Late Bronze Age ( 14th century BCE ) . Mount Carmel . God 's vineyard ) ; الكرمل , 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 . Tell Abu Hawam was a small city established in the Late Bronze Age ( 14th Century BCE ) on the site of Modern-day Haifa , Israel .