 As of 2016 the city is a major seaport located on Israel 's Mediterranean coastline in the Bay of Haifa covering 63 @.@ 7 square kilometres ( 24 @.@ 6 sq mi ) . It lies about 90 kilometres ( 56 mi ) north of Tel Aviv and is the major regional center of northern Israel . Two respected academic institutions , the University of Haifa and the Technion , are located in Haifa , in addition to the largest k @-@ 12 school in Israel , the Hebrew Reali School . The city plays an important role in Israel 's economy . It is home to Matam , one of the oldest and largest high @-@ tech parks in the country . Haifa Bay is a center of heavy industry , petroleum refining and chemical processing . Haifa formerly functioned as the western terminus of an oil pipeline from Iraq via Jordan . 
 As of 2016 the city <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>a major seaport located on Israel <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>Mediterranean coastline in the Bay of Haifa covering 63 @.@ 7 square kilometres ( 24 @.@ 6 sq mi ) . It <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>lies</mark></a> about 90 kilometres ( 56 mi ) north of Tel Aviv and <a href='drop_aux' title='4'><mark>is</mark></a>the major regional center of northern Israel . Two respected academic institutions , the University of Haifa and the Technion , are located in Haifa , in addition to the largest k @-@ 12 school in Israel , the Hebrew Reali School . The city <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>plays</mark></a> an important role in Israel <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>economy . It <a href='drop_aux' title='7'><mark>is</mark></a>home to Matam , one of the oldest and largest high @-@ tech parks in the country . Haifa Bay <a href='drop_aux' title='8'><mark>is</mark></a>a center of heavy industry , petroleum refining and chemical processing . Haifa formerly functioned as the western terminus of an oil pipeline from Iraq via Jordan . 
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