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'''Nazareth''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|æ|z|ər|ə|θ}} {{respell|NAZ|ər|əth}}; {{lang-ar|النَّاصِرَة}}, ''an-Nāṣira''; {{lang-he|נָצְרַת}}, ''Nāṣəraṯ''; {{lang-arc|ܢܨܪܬ}}, ''Naṣrath'') is the largest [[Cities in Israel|city]] in the [[Northern District (Israel)|Northern District]] of [[Israel]]. Nazareth is known as "the Arab capital of Israel".<ref name=Irani>{{cite journal |title= Review of "Beyond the Basilica: Christians and Muslims in Nazareth" |author= Laurie King-Irani |journal= Journal of Palestine Studies |volume= 25 |issue= 3 |date= Spring 1996 |pages= 103–105 |jstor= 2538265 |doi=10.1525/jps.1996.25.3.00p0131i}}</ref> In {{Israel populations|Year}} its population was {{Israel populations|Nazareth}}.{{Israel populations|reference}} The inhabitants are predominantly [[Arab citizens of Israel]], of whom 69% are [[Muslim]] and 30.9% [[Christianity|Christian]].<ref name=Irani/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/publications/local_authorities2005/pdf/207_7300.pdf |title=2005 |publisher=Cbs.gov.il |access-date=2012-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905053711/http://www.cbs.gov.il/publications/local_authorities2005/pdf/207_7300.pdf |archive-date=2012-09-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Dumperp274>{{Cite book|title=Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: a historical encyclopedia|first1=Michael|last1=Dumper|first2=Bruce E.|last2=Stanley|first3=Janet L.|last3=Abu-Lughod|edition=Illustrated|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2006|isbn=9781576079195|pages=273–274|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3SapTk5iGDkC&q=%22arab+capital+of+israel%22&pg=PA274}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Birthing the nation: strategies of Palestinian women in Israel|last=Kanaaneh|first=Rhoda Ann|publisher=University of California Press|year=2002|isbn=978-0-520-22379-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T2JmeRYaXJIC&pg=PA117|page=117|quote=All-Arab cities such as Nazareth, the largest Palestinian city in Israel|access-date=2016-02-27|archive-date=2014-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111143719/http://books.google.com/books?id=T2JmeRYaXJIC&pg=PA117|url-status=live}}{{citation|title=Flight into the maelstrom: Soviet immigration to Israel and Middle East peace|last=Quigley|first=John|author-link=John Quigley (academic)|publisher=Garnet & Ithaca Press|year=1997|isbn=978-0-86372-219-6|page=190|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AwVw59HmVdEC&pg=RA1-PA190|quote=The other major Jewish population centre in Galilee was Upper Nazareth, established next to Nazareth, the principal Palestinian city in Arab-populated Galilee.|access-date=2016-02-27|archive-date=2014-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111143228/http://books.google.com/books?id=AwVw59HmVdEC&pg=RA1-PA190|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Nof HaGalil]] (formerly "Nazareth Illit"), declared a separate city in June 1974, is built alongside old Nazareth, and had a Jewish population of 40,312 in 2014.<ref name="cbs populations">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/population/new_2010/table3.pdf|publisher=[[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]]|title=Table 3 – Population of Localities Numbering Above 2,000 Residents and Other Rural Population|date=2010-06-30|access-date=2010-10-31|archive-date=2010-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121034400/http://cbs.gov.il/population/new_2010/table3.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>