Passage: The common Israeli saying, "Haifa works, Jerusalem prays, and Tel Aviv plays" attests to Haifa's reputation as a city of workers and industry. The industrial region of Haifa is in the eastern part of the city, around the Kishon River. It is home to the Haifa oil refinery, one of the two oil refineries in Israel (the other refinery being located in Ashdod). The Haifa refinery processes 9 million tons (66 million barrels) of crude oil a year. Its nowadays unused 80-meter high cooling towers, built in the 1930s, were the tallest buildings built in the British Mandate period. Matamás (short for Merkaz Taasi's Madayot <unk> Industries Scientific Center), the largest and oldest business park in Israel, attests to Haifa's reputation as a city of workers and industry. The industrial region of Haifa is in the southern city, hosting a harbor and R&D for the city, around the Kishon River. It is home to the Haifa oil refinery, one of the two oil refineries in Israel (the other refinery being located in
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