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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 820 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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HAIFA , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

PALESTINE

Palestine at the See also:

FOOT

foot of Mt. See also:

CARMEL

Carmel, on the See also:

south of the See also:

BAY

Bay of See also:

Acre. It represents the classical Sycaminum, but the See also:

PRESENT

present town is entirely See also:

MODERN

modern. It has See also:

DEVELOPED

developed since about 1890 into an important See also:

PORT

port, and is connected by railway with See also:

DAMASCUS

Damascus. The See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population is estimated at 12,000 (Moslems 6000, Christians 4000, See also:

Jews 1500, Germans Soo; the last belong for the greater See also:

PART

part to the Unitarian See also:

SECT

sect of the " See also:

TEMPLARS

Templars," who have colonies also at Jaffa and See also:

Jerusalem). The exports (See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and oil) were valued at £178,738 in 1900. Much of the See also:

trade that formerly went to Acre has been attracted to Haifa. This port is the best natural See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour on the Palestine See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

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