Halifax
Halifax is the capital city of Nova Scotia and the largest city in Atlantic Canada. The city's origins and rich maritime history derive from a strategic location and one of the world's great natural harbours.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Balou46, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Scotiabank Centre
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Scotiabank Centre is the largest multi-purpose facility in Atlantic Canada, located in the heart of downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
NSCAD University
NSCAD University is a public art university in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.Province House
Photo: Louperivois, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Province House in Halifax is where the Nova Scotia legislative assembly, known officially as the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, has met every year since 1819, making it the longest serving legislative building in Canada.
Localities in the Area
Dartmouth
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Dartmouth is a city in the Halifax Region of Nova Scotia, on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour.
Hydrostone
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Hydrostone is a neighbourhood in the North End of the Halifax Peninsula in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Armdale
Armdale is a neighbourhood of the community of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.Halifax
- Type: City with 403,000 residents
- Description: capital and largest city of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada
- Categories: regional municipality in Canada, provincial or territorial capital city in Canada, big city, metropolitan area and locality
- Location: Halifax Region, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
44.647° or 44° 38' 49" northLongitude
-63.5732° or 63° 34' 24" westPopulation
403,000Elevation
60 metres (197 feet)IATA airport code
YHZUnited Nations Location Code
CA HALOpen Location Code
87PRJCWG+RPOpenStreetMap ID
node 24922221OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
6324729Wikidata ID
Q2141Halifax Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Afrikaans: Halifax
- Albanian: Halifaks
- Albanian: Halifax
- Amharic: ሃሊፋክስ
- Arabic: Munisipyo Rehiyonal han Halifax
- 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: هالیفاکس
- 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
- Danish: Halifax
- Dimli (individual language): Halifax
- Dutch: Halifax
- Egyptian Arabic: هاليفاكس
- English: HRM
- English: Halifax, Nova Scotia
- English: Halifax Regional Municipality
- Esperanto: Halifakso
- Esperanto: Halifax
- Estonian: Halifax
- Faroese: Halifax
- Finnish: Halifax
- French: Halifax
- Galician: Halifax, Nova Escocia
- Galician: Halifax
- Georgian: ჰალიფაქსი
- German: Halifax
- Greek: Χάλιφαξ
- Gujarati: હેલિફેક્સ
- Hebrew: הליפקס
- Hindi: हालीफैक्स
- Hungarian: Halifax
- Icelandic: Halifax
- Ido: Halifax
- Indonesian: Halifax
- Irish: Halifax, Albain Nua
- 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
- 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: Halifax
- Norwegian Bokmål: Halifax
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Halifax
- Occitan (post 1500): Halifax
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Halifax
- Ossetian: Галифакс
- Panjabi: ਹੈਲੀਫ਼ੈਕਸ, ਨੋਵਾ ਸਕੋਸ਼ਾ
- Panjabi: ਹੈਲੀਫ਼ੈਕਸ ਖੇਤਰੀ ਨਗਰਪਾਲਿਕਾ
- Persian: هالیفاکس
- Persian: هلیفکس، نوا اسکوشیا
- Polish: Halifax
- Portuguese: Halifax
- Portuguese: Halifax, Nova Escócia
- Quechua: Halifax
- Romanian: Halifax, Noua Scoție
- Romanian: Halifax
- Russian: Галифакс
- Rusyn: Галифакс
- Sardinian: Halifax
- Scots: Halifax
- Scottish Gaelic: Halafacs
- 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
- Spanish: Halifax (Nueva Escocia)
- Spanish: Municipio regional de Halifax
- 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
- 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
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Other Places Named Halifax
In the Area
- Downtown HalifaxSuburb
- North EndLocality
- Marlborough WoodsNeighbourhood
- Cheltonham CourtNeighbourhood
- Maplehurst ApartmentsNeighbourhood
- Maplehurst ApartmentsLocality
Popular Destinations in Halifax Region
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