Nof HaGalil
Nof HaGalil is a city in the Northern District of Israel 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 Nazareth and the Jezreel Valley.
- Type: Town with 55,000 residents
- Description: Mixed city in northern Israel, formerly named Nazareth Illit
- Also known as: “Kiryat-Natsrat”, “Natsrat Elit”, “Natzrat Elit”, “Natzrat Ilit”, “Nazareth Elit”, “Nazareth Elite”, “Nazareth Ilit”, “Nazareth-la-Haute”, “Nazerat ‘Illit”, “Nazrat-Illit”, “Nof ha-Galil”, “Qiryat Naṣrat”, and “Upper Nazareth”
- Historically known as: “Natsrat Ilit”, “Natzrath Ilith”, “Nazareth Illit”, “Naẕerat ‘Ilit”, “Naẕerat ‘Illit”, and “Nazrath Illit”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of the Annunciation and Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation.
Church of the Annunciation
Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation
Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.Al-Masjid Al-Abyadh
Mosque
The White Mosque, is a mosque, located in Nazareth, in the northern district of Israel. The mosque is situated in Harat Alghama, or the Mosque Quarter, in the centre of Nazareth's Old Market area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nazareth and Iksal.
Nazareth
Iksal
Village
Reineh
Village
Photo: Almog, Public domain.Nof HaGalil
- Categories: city, city council, and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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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
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OpenStreetMap feature
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Satellite Map
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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”
- Chinese: “拿撒勒伊利特”
- Czech: “Kirjat Nacaret”
- Czech: “Nacaret Ilit”
- Czech: “Nazaret Illit”
- Czech: “Nof ha-Galil”
- Danish: “Nazareth Illit”
- Danish: “Nazerat Illit”
- Dutch: “Nazareth Illit”
- Dutch: “Nazrath Illit”
- Dutch: “Nazreth Illit”
- Dutch: “Nof HaGalil”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الناصره العليا”
- Esperanto: “Nof HaGalil”
- Finnish: “Nasaret Illit”
- Finnish: “Nof HaGalil”
- French: “Nazareth Illit”
- French: “Nazrat Ilit”
- French: “Nof HaGalil”
- Georgian: “ნაზარეთ-ილითი”
- German: “Nazareth-Illit”
- German: “Nof HaGalil”
- Greek: “Νοφ ΧαΓκαλίλ”
- Hebrew: “Naẕerat ‘Illit” (historical)
- Hebrew: “Nof HaGalil”
- Hebrew: “נ’ע”
- Hebrew: “נוף הגליל”
- Hebrew: “נוֹף הַגָּלִיל”
- Hebrew: “נצרת עילית”
- Hebrew: “נצרת עלית”
- Hungarian: “Nazareth Illit”
- Hungarian: “Nazrat-Illit”
- Indonesian: “Natzrat Illit”
- Indonesian: “Nazaret Illit”
- Indonesian: “Nazareth Illit”
- Indonesian: “Nazerat Illit”
- Italian: “Nazaret Illit”
- Italian: “Nof HaGalil”
- Japanese: “アッパー・ナザレ”
- Japanese: “ナザレ・イリット”
- Japanese: “ナザレ・イリト”
- Japanese: “ノフ・ハガリル”
- Korean: “나자렛일리트”
- Korean: “노프하갈릴”
- Lithuanian: “Aukštutinis Nazaretas”
- Lithuanian: “Nazerat Ilitas”
- Lombard: “Nazaret Illit”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nof HaGalil”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nof HaGalil”
- Norwegian: “Nof HaGalil”
- Ossetian: “Ноф-ха-Галиль”
- Persian: “ناتسرات عیلیت”
- Piemontese: “Nàsaret Illit”
- Piemontese: “Nàsaret-Illit”
- Polish: “Nacerat Illit”
- Polish: “Nof ha-Galil”
- Portuguese: “Nazaré Illit”
- Portuguese: “Nazareth Illit”
- Portuguese: “Nof HaGalil”
- Russian: “Верхний Назарет”
- Russian: “Назарет Иллит”
- Russian: “Назарет-Илит”
- Russian: “Назарет-Иллит”
- Russian: “Назарет-Эллит”
- Russian: “Нацерат-Иллит”
- Russian: “Нацерет-Илит”
- Russian: “Нацерет-Иллит”
- Russian: “Нацерет-Элит”
- Russian: “Нацрат-Илит”
- Russian: “Нацрат-Иллит”
- Russian: “Нацрат-Элит”
- Russian: “Ноф-ха-Галиль”
- Russian: “Ноф-Ха-Галиль”
- Scots: “Nazareth Illit”
- Serbian: “Natzerat Illit”
- Serbian: “Nazaret Ilit”
- Serbian: “Nazareth Illit”
- Serbian: “Назарет Илит”
- Serbian: “Ноф Хагалил”
- Serbian: “נצרת עילית”
- Spanish: “Alta Nazaret”
- Spanish: “Nazareth Illit”
- Spanish: “Nof HaGalil”
- Spanish: “נָצְרַת עִלִּית”
- Swahili: “Nof HaGalil”
- Swedish: “Nasaret Illit”
- Swedish: “Naẕerat ‘Illit”
- Swedish: “Nof HaGalil”
- Tagalog: “Natzrat Ilit”
- Tagalog: “Nazareth Illit”
- Tagalog: “Nof HaGalil”
- Turkish: “Nof HaGalil”
- Ukrainian: “Назарет Ілліт”
- Ukrainian: “Назарет-Ілліт”
- Ukrainian: “Нацрат-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”
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