District Of Haifa

The village of Al-Mazar was built on the lower western slopes of Mount Carmel, overlooking the narrow coastal plain and the Mediterranean Sea. Approximately one-third of the village's land was located on Mount Carmel, with the remainder extending into the coastal plain. The main coastal highway passed along the western edge of the village, while the Crusader fortress of Atlit lay only about 2.5 kilometers to the north. The name Al-Mazar is most likely derived from the large

The village was situated on the lower western slopes of Mount Carmel, overlooking the coastal plain. A secondary northwest road connected it to the main coastal road. Al-Tira was one of the most important villages in the Haifa district; it was the most populous and the second-largest village in the district (after Ijzim) in terms of area. The Crusaders named it "San Johan de Tir." In 1996, Al-Tira was a village in the Shafa subdistrict (Lajjun district), with a population of