Al-Mazar
Al-Mazar was a Palestinian Arab village located 4 kilometers northeast of al-Sarafand. In 1945, it had a population of 210.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Abandoned locality
- Description: village in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine
- Also known as: “Al Mazar”, “Al-Mazar, Haifa”, “El Mazar”, “El Mazār”, and “Mazār”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nahal Mearot and HaNahal Cave.
Nahal Mearot
Tourism office
Photo: Yitzhak Marmelstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Caves of Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara, named here by the Hebrew and Arabic name of the valley where they are located, are a UNESCO Site of Human Evolution in the Carmel mountain range near Haifa in northern Israel.
HaNahal Cave
Cave
El Wad is an archaeological site of the Epipalaeolithic Near East in Mount Carmel, Israel. The site has two components: El Wad Cave, also known as Mughārat al-Wād or HaNahal Cave; and El Wad Terrace, located immediately outside the cave.
Atlit
Railway station
Photo: Tomer chelouche, Public domain.
Atlit railway station is an Israel Railways passenger station serving the town of Atlit as well as the surrounding rural communities and military bases. With 363,614 passengers recorded in 2019, it was the least-used station in the Haifa District. Atlit is situated 2½ km northwest of Al-Mazar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ein Carmel and Ein Hod.
Ein Carmel
Village
Photo: ד’ר אורי לוי, Public domain.
Ein Carmel is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Atlit, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 800.
Ein Hod
Village
Ein Hod is a village in Haifa District in northern Israel. Located at the foot of Mount Carmel and southeast of Haifa, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council and has the status of community settlement.
Atlit
Town
Photo: Iliakriv, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Atlit is a coastal town located south of Haifa, Israel. The community is in the Hof HaCarmel Regional Council in the Haifa District of Israel. Off the coast of Atlit is a submerged Neolithic village.
Al-Mazar
- Categories: district, depopulated Palestinian village, human settlement, village, and former settlement
- Location: Haifa District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Al-Mazar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المزار، حيفا”
- Arabic: “المزار”
- Hebrew: “אל מזאר”
- Hebrew: “אלמזאר”
- Hebrew: “מזאר”
- Indonesian: “Al-Mazar, Haifa”
- Polish: “Al-Mazar”
- Urdu: “المزار، حیفا”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Me‘arot Karmel and Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Al-Mazar”. Photo: Bienchido, CC BY-SA 3.0.