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Nazareth

Nazareth
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Coat of Nazareth
General Information
Country Flag: Israel Israel
District Northern District
Historic region Galileo
Creation Date 1000 BC
Location and statistical
Location of Nazareth in Israel
Nazareth
Contact
32 42 '07 "North
35 18 '12 "East / 32.701944, 35.303333
Area
14.123 km 2
Altitude
300 m
Population
66 300 hab.
(2008)
Density
4694 inhabitants / km
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Politics
Mayor Ramiz Jaraisy
www.nazarethinfo.org/
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Inside the Catholic Basilica of the Annunciation

Nazareth (Arabic (an-Nasira) and Hebrew ) is a city in the north of Israel , in Galilee. It is the largest Arab city in the country with 66 000 inhabitants in 2008 (estimates .

From the time the substructures remain evangelical homes, actually spacious caves that overcame the elements built. The character of the village partially cave (caves were used as warehouses) may explain its name: nazareth, that is to say hidden .

However, there is controversy about the existence of Nazareth before 200 CE , not all archaeologists agree.

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References

  1. Bureau of Statistics of Israel.
  2. Holy Land, Fifty years of Archaeology, edited by Jacques Brien, Bayard, Paris, p. 845-855.
  3. Holy Land, Fifty years of Archaeology, edited by Jacques Brien, Bayard, Paris, p. 845-855.
  4. Rene Salm, 2008 The Myth of Nazareth: The Invented Town of Jesus, American Atheist Press
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more than 50 000 inhabitants
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