Nof HaGalil
Nof HaGalil is a town in Northern District, Israel and has about 55,000 residents. Nof HaGalil is situated nearby to the suburb Armon HaAgmon, as well as near the village Reineh.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.
The Church of the Annunciation, sometimes also referred to as the Basilica of the Annunciation, is a Catholic church in Nazareth, in northern Israel. It is one of two claimants to the site of the Annunciation – in which angel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary and announced that she would give birth to Jesus – the other being the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation.
Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation
Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
The Greek Orthodox Church of St. Gabriel, also known as the Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, is an Eastern Orthodox church in Nazareth, Israel. It is one of two claimants to the site of the Annunciation - where angel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary and announced that she would give birth to Jesus - the other being the Catholic Basilica of the Annunciation.
Al-Masjid Al-Abyadh
Mosque
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nazareth and Nof HaGalil.
Nazareth
Photo: Tiamat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nazareth is a city in northern Israel. It is the largest Arab city in Israel proper, having a population of 60,000, a harmonious mix of Muslims and Christians.
Nof HaGalil
Town
Photo: Beny Shlevich, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Iksal
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Iksal is an Arab local council in northern Israel, about 5 kilometres southeast of Nazareth. It has an area of 9,000 dunams and a population of 15,134 primarily Muslim inhabitants.
Nof HaGalil
- Type: Town with 55,000 residents
- Also known as: “נצרת עילית”
- Category: locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.70231° or 32° 42′ 8″ northLongitude
35.31832° or 35° 19′ 6″ eastPopulation
55,000Open location code
8G4QP829+W8OpenStreetMap ID
node 214022033OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Nof HaGalil” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نوف هغليل”
- French: “Nof HaGalil”
- German: “Nof HaGalil”
- Hebrew: “נוף הגליל”
- Russian: “Ноф-Ха-Галиль”
- Serbian: “Ноф Хагалил”
- Spanish: “Nof HaGalil”
- Ukrainian: “Ноф-га-Галіль”
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Localities in the Area
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