Halifax

44°38N 63°35W, pop (2000e) 127 700. Seaport, provincial capital of Nova Scotia, Canada; major transatlantic port and rail terminus; joined to Dartmouth by two suspension bridges; founded in 1749 as a British military and naval base, used in the American Revolution and the War of 1812; naval base and convoy terminal in both World Wars; scene of harbour disasters, 1917, 1945; victims of the Titanic disaster buried here, 1912; airport; four universities (1789, 1802, 1818, 1925); shipbuilding, clothing, furniture, food processing, trade in fish and timber; Historic Properties area, including Privateers' Warehouse; Citadel Hill (height 82 m/269 ft), a National Historic Park, cannon fired daily at noon; Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.

Halifax Parish, Prince Edward Island, a parish in Prince County, Prince Edward Island

Namibia

Halifax Island, an island belonging to Namibia

United Kingdom

Halifax, West Yorkshire, a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, northern England Halifax (UK Parliament constituency), a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Halifax (bank), a commercial bank in the United Kingdom, part of the HBOS Group Halifax College, the largest and newest college of the University of York Halifax RLFC, a rugby league club in the Yorkshire town of Halifax Halifax Town A.F.C., an English football team in the Conference National

United States

Halifax, Massachusetts, a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts Halifax, North Carolina, a town in Halifax County, North Carolina Halifax, Pennsylvania, a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Halifax, Vermont, a town in Windham County, Vermont Halifax, Virginia, a town in Halifax County, Virginia Halifax County, North Carolina, a county in North Carolina Halifax County, Virginia (county, United States)

Weaponry

Handley Page Halifax (bomber), a front-line bomber of the Royal Air Force during World War II Halifax-class frigate, a class of Canadian Navy frigates launched between 1992 and 1996 HMCS Halifax (FFH 330), the lead ship of Halifax-class line of frigates

Events

Halifax Explosion, an explosion in Halifax, Nova Scotia caused by a munitions ship that crashed into another ship

Music

Halifax (band), an American pop punk band The Halifax III, a 1960s Canadian folk music band

People

Earl of Halifax, a title that has been created several times in British history Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

Television

Halifax f.p., an Australian television drama series produced by Nine Network from 1994 to 2001

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