Nof HaGalil

Nof HaGalil is a city in the of with a population of 45,805. Nof HaGalil was founded in 1957 as Nazareth Illit, it was planned as a Jewish town overlooking the city of and the .
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  • Type: Town with 55,000 residents
  • Description: Mixed city in northern Israel, formerly named Nazareth Illit
  • Also known as: “Alta Nazaret”, “Kirjat Nacaret”, “Kiryat-Natsrat”, “Nacaret Ilit”, “Nàsaret-Illit”, “Natsrat Elit”, “Natzerat Illit”, “Natzrat Elit”, “Natzrat Illit”, “Nazareth Elit”, “Nazareth Elite”, “Nazareth Ilit”, “Nazareth-Illit”, “Nazareth-la-Haute”, “Nazerat ‘Illit”, “Nazerat Ilitas”, “Nazrat Ilit”, “Nazreth Illit”, “Qiryat Naṣrat”, “Upper Nazareth”, “Верхний Назарет”, “Назарет Иллит”, “Назарет Ілліт”, “Назарет-Илит”, “Назарет-Иллит”, “Назарет-Эллит”, “Нацерат-Иллит”, “Нацерет-Илит”, “Нацерет-Иллит”, “Нацерет-Элит”, “Нацрат-Илит”, “Нацрат-Иллит”, “Нацрат-Ілліт”, “Нацрат-Элит”, “נ’ע”, “נָצְרַת עִלִּית”, “アッパー・ナザレ”, “ナザレ・イリット”, “ノフ・ハガリル”, and “拿撒勒伊利特”
  • Historically known as: “Natsrat Ilit”, “Natzrath Ilith”, “Nazareth Illit”, “Naẕerat ‘Ilit”, “Naẕerat ‘Illit”, and “Nazrath Illit”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Church of the Annunciation and Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation.

Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
The , sometimes also…

Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
The Greek Orthodox Church of St.

Mosque
Photo: Rudko, CC0.
The White Mosque, is a , located in , in the northern district of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nazareth and Iksal.

Photo: Tiamat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in northern .

Village
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is an Arab local council in northern , about 5 kilometres southeast of .

Village
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is an Arab town in northern .

Nof HaGalil

Latitude
32.70231° or 32° 42′ 8″ north
Longitude
35.31832° or 35° 19′ 6″ east
Population
55,000
Elevation
506 metres (1,660 feet)
Open location code
8G4QP829+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 214022033
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
294097
Wiki­data ID
Q167659
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Nof HaGalil” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الناصرة العليا”
  • Arabic: “ناصيرات عيليت”
  • Arabic: “نتسرات عيليت”
  • Arabic: “نوف الجليل”
  • Arabic: “نوف هجليل”
  • Arabic: “نوف هَچليل”
  • Arabic: “نوف هغليل”
  • Armenian: “Նոֆ ՀաԳալիլ”
  • Asturian: “Nof HaGalil”
  • Belarusian: “Ноф-ха-Галіль”
  • Catalan: “Natzaret Il·lit”
  • Cebuano: “Naẕerat ‘Illit”
  • Central Kurdish: “نۆف ھەگەلیل”
  • Chinese: “上拿撒勒”
  • Czech: “Nof ha-Galil”
  • Danish: “Nazareth Illit”
  • Dutch: “Nazareth Illit”
  • Dutch: “Nof HaGalil”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الناصره العليا”
  • Esperanto: “Nof HaGalil”
  • Finnish: “Nasaret Illit”
  • Finnish: “Nof HaGalil”
  • French: “Nazareth Illit”
  • French: “Nof HaGalil”
  • Georgian: “ნაზარეთ-ილითი”
  • German: “Nof HaGalil”
  • Greek: “Νοφ ΧαΓκαλίλ”
  • Hebrew: “Naẕerat ‘Illit” (historical)
  • Hebrew: “Nof HaGalil”
  • Hebrew: “נוף הגליל”
  • Hebrew: “נוֹף הַגָּלִיל”
  • Hebrew: “נצרת עלית”
  • Hungarian: “Nazareth Illit”
  • Hungarian: “Nazrat-Illit”
  • Indonesian: “Nazaret Illit”
  • Indonesian: “Nazerat Illit”
  • Italian: “Nazaret Illit”
  • Italian: “Nof HaGalil”
  • Japanese: “ナザレ・イリト”
  • Korean: “나자렛일리트”
  • Korean: “노프하갈릴”
  • Lithuanian: “Aukštutinis Nazaretas”
  • Lombard: “Nazaret Illit”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nof HaGalil”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nof HaGalil”
  • Norwegian: “Nof HaGalil”
  • Ossetian: “Ноф-ха-Галиль”
  • Persian: “ناتسرات عیلیت”
  • Piemontese: “Nàsaret Illit”
  • Polish: “Nacerat Illit”
  • Polish: “Nof ha-Galil”
  • Portuguese: “Nazaré Illit”
  • Russian: “Ноф-ха-Галиль”
  • Russian: “Ноф-Ха-Галиль”
  • Scots: “Nazareth Illit”
  • Serbian: “Nazaret Ilit”
  • Serbian: “Назарет Илит”
  • Serbian: “Ноф Хагалил”
  • Spanish: “Nof HaGalil”
  • Swahili: “Nof HaGalil”
  • Swedish: “Nof HaGalil”
  • Tagalog: “Natzrat Ilit”
  • Tagalog: “Nof HaGalil”
  • Turkish: “Nof HaGalil”
  • Ukrainian: “Назарет-Ілліт”
  • Ukrainian: “Ноф-га-Галіль”
  • Urdu: “ناصرہ علیا”
  • Vietnamese: “Nazareth Illit”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Nazareth Illit”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Nof HaGalil”
  • Yiddish: “נוף הגליל”
  • Yiddish: “נצרת עילית”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Armon HaAgmon and Old City.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Mt. Hapitzetz and Ноф-ха-галиль медцентр.

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