Atlantic Canada
Nova Scotia
Halifax Region

Halifax

Halifax is the capital city of and the largest city in . The city's origins and rich maritime history derive from a strategic location and one of the world's great natural harbours.
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  • Type: City with 403,000 residents
  • Description: municipality in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Also known as: “Halifax Regional Municipality”, “Halifax, Nova Scotia”, “Halifax, NS”, “Hfx”, and “HRM”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Scotiabank Centre and NSCAD University.

Stadium
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is the largest multi-purpose facility in Atlantic Canada, located in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. The main entrances to the building are located on Brunswick Street, at the corner of Duke Street and Carmichael Street, at the foot of .

College
, also known as the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, is a public art university in Halifax, , Canada. The university is a co-educational institution that offers bachelor's and master's degrees.

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is a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later served as a civilian research vessel. She is now a museum ship located in Halifax, , and the last surviving Flower-class corvette.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dartmouth and North End.

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is a city in the of , on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour. has the nickname the "City of Lakes" due to its large number of lakes.

Locality
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The of Halifax is a neighbourhood of Halifax, occupying the northern part of Halifax Peninsula immediately north of .

Locality
is a neighbourhood of the community of Halifax, , Canada.

Halifax

Latitude
44.647° or 44° 38′ 49″ north
Longitude
-63.5732° or 63° 34′ 24″ west
Population
403,000
Elevation
60 metres (197 feet)
IATA airport code
YHZ
United Nations Location Code
CA HAL
Open location code
87PRJCWG+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 24922221
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
6324729
Wiki­data ID
Q2141
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Halifax” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Halifax, Nova Scotia”
  • Afrikaans: “Halifax”
  • Albanian: “Halifaks”
  • Albanian: “Halifax”
  • Amharic: “ሃሊፋክስ”
  • Arabic: “هاليفاكس”
  • Armenian: “Հալիֆաքս”
  • Asturian: “Halifax”
  • Atikamekw: “Halifax”
  • Azerbaijani: “Halifaks”
  • Balinese: “Halifax, Nova Scotia”
  • Banjar: “Halifax”
  • Basque: “Halifax”
  • Belarusian: “Галіфакс”
  • Bengali: “হ্যালিফ্যাক্স, নোভা স্কোশিয়া”
  • Bosnian: “Halifax”
  • Breton: “Halifax”
  • Bulgarian: “Халифакс”
  • Burmese: “ဟဲလဖက်မြို့”
  • Catalan: “Halifax”
  • Cebuano: “Halifax”
  • Central Kurdish: “ھالیفاکس”
  • Chinese: “Halifax Tē-khu Chhī”
  • Chinese: “哈利法克斯”
  • Chinese: “哈利法斯”
  • Chinese: “哈拉法斯”
  • Chinese: “哈里法克斯”
  • Cornish: “Halifax”
  • Croatian: “Halifax”
  • Czech: “Halifax”
  • Dagbani: “Halifax,Canada”
  • Danish: “Halifax”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Halifax”
  • Dutch: “Halifax Regional Municipality”
  • Dutch: “Halifax”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هاليفاكس”
  • Esperanto: “Halifakso”
  • Esperanto: “Halifax Regional Municipality”
  • Esperanto: “Halifax”
  • Estonian: “Halifax”
  • Faroese: “Halifax”
  • Finnish: “Halifax”
  • French: “Halifax, Nouvelle-Écosse”
  • French: “Halifax”
  • Galician: “Halifax, Nova Escocia”
  • Galician: “Halifax”
  • Georgian: “ჰალიფაქსი”
  • German: “Halifax Regional Municipality”
  • German: “Halifax”
  • Greek: “Χάλιφαξ”
  • Gujarati: “હેલિફેક્સ”
  • Hebrew: “הליפקס”
  • Hindi: “हालीफैक्स”
  • Hindi: “हैलीफ़ैक्स”
  • Hungarian: “Halifax”
  • Icelandic: “Halifax”
  • Ido: “Halifax”
  • Indonesian: “Halifax, Nova Scotia”
  • Indonesian: “Halifax”
  • Irish: “An t-Àrd-bhaile”
  • Irish: “Haileafacs”
  • Irish: “Halafacs, Albain Nua”
  • Irish: “Halafacs”
  • Irish: “Halifax, Albain Nua”
  • Irish: “Halifax”
  • Italian: “Halifax”
  • Japanese: “ハリファックス”
  • Japanese: “ハリファックス市”
  • Japanese: “ハリファックス都市圏”
  • Kalaallisut: “Halifax”
  • Kannada: “ಹೆಲಿಫ್ಯಾಕ್ಸ್”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Галифакс Регионал Муниципалитет”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Галифакс”
  • Kazakh: “Галифакс”
  • Kirghiz: “Галифакс”
  • Korean: “핼리팩스”
  • Kurdish: “Halifax”
  • Latin: “Halifaxia”
  • Latvian: “Helifeksa”
  • Ligurian: “Halifax”
  • Lithuanian: “Halifaksas”
  • Lombard: “Halifax”
  • Macedonian: “Халифакс”
  • Malagasy: “Halifax”
  • Malay: “Halifax, Nova Scotia”
  • Malay: “Halifax”
  • Malayalam: “ഹാലിഫാക്സ്”
  • Maltese: “Halifax, Nova Scotia”
  • Maltese: “Halifax”
  • Marathi: “हॅलिफॅक्स”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Halifax Tē-khu Chhī”
  • Mongolian: “Халифакс”
  • Northern Frisian: “Halifax (Nova Scotia)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Halifax”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Halifax”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Halifax”
  • Norwegian: “Halifax”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Halifax”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Halhġefeaxe”
  • Ossetian: “Галифакс”
  • Panjabi: “ਹੈਲੀਫ਼ੈਕਸ ਖੇਤਰੀ ਨਗਰਪਾਲਿਕਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਹੈਲੀਫ਼ੈਕਸ, ਨੋਵਾ ਸਕੋਸ਼ਾ”
  • Persian: “هالیفاکس”
  • Persian: “هلیفکس، نوا اسکوشیا”
  • Piemontese: “Halifax (Canadà)”
  • Piemontese: “Halifax”
  • Polish: “Halifax”
  • Portuguese: “Halifax, Nova Escócia”
  • Portuguese: “Halifax”
  • Quechua: “Halifax”
  • Romanian: “Halifax, Noua Scoție”
  • Romanian: “Halifax”
  • Russian: “Галифакс”
  • Rusyn: “Галифакс”
  • Sardinian: “Halifax”
  • Scots: “Halifax”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An t-Àrd-bhaile”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Haileafacs, Alba Nuadh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Haileafacs”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Halafacs, Alba Nuadh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Halafacs”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Halifax, Alba Nuadh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Halifax”
  • Serbian: “Халифакс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Halifax”
  • Silesian: “Halifax”
  • Sinhala: “හැලිෆැක්ස්”
  • Slovak: “Halifax”
  • Slovenian: “Halifax, Nova Škotska”
  • Slovenian: “Halifax”
  • South Azerbaijani: “هالیفاکس، نووا اسکوشیا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “هلیفکس، نوا اسکوشیا”
  • Spanish: “Halifax (Nueva Escocia)”
  • Spanish: “Halifax”
  • Spanish: “Municipio regional de Halifax”
  • Swahili: “Halifax, Nova Scotia”
  • Swahili: “Halifax”
  • Swedish: “Halifax, Nova Scotia”
  • Swedish: “Halifax”
  • Tagalog: “Halifax, Nova Scotia”
  • Tagalog: “Halifax”
  • Tajik: “Ҳалифакс”
  • Tamil: “ஹாலிஃபாக்ஸ்”
  • Tamil: “ஹெலிஃபக்ஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Һәлифәкс”
  • Telugu: “హాలిఫాక్స్”
  • Thai: “แฮลิแฟกซ์”
  • Turkish: “Halifax”
  • Turkmen: “Galifaks”
  • Uighur: “Halifaks”
  • Ukrainian: “Галіфакс”
  • Urdu: “ہیلی فیکس”
  • Uzbek: “Galifaks”
  • Uzbek: “Galifax”
  • Venetian: “Halifax (Cànada)”
  • Venetian: “Halifax”
  • Vietnamese: “Halifax, Nova Scotia”
  • Vietnamese: “Halifax”
  • Volapük: “Halifax”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Munisipyo Rehiyonal han Halifax”
  • Welsh: “Halifax”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہیلی فیکس”
  • Wu Chinese: “哈利法克斯”
  • Yue Chinese: “哈利法斯”
  • “An t-Àrd-bhaile”
  • “Haileafacs”
  • “Halafacs”
  • “Halifax”
  • “ma tomo Alipasi”

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