Nazareth (; ,
Naṣrat; ,
Naṣrath; ,
an-Nāṣira) is the capital and the largest
city in the
Northern District of
Israel. Nazareth is known as "the Arab capital of Israel". The population is made up predominantly of
Israeli Arabs, almost all of whom are either
Muslim (69%) or
Christian (30.9%).
Nazareth Illit (lit. "Upper Nazareth") is built alongside old Nazareth, and had a Jewish population of 40,312 in 2014. The Jewish sector was declared a separate city in June of 1974.