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Nazareth (/ˈnæzərəθ/; Arabic: النَّاصِرَة‎, an-Nāṣira; Hebrew: נָצְרַת, Natzrat; Aramaic: ܢܨܪܬ‎, Naṣrath) is the largest city in the Northern District of Israel. Nazareth is known as "the Arab capital of Israel".[2] In 2018 its population was 77,064.[1] The inhabitants are predominantly Arab citizens of Israel, of whom 69% are Muslim and 30.9% Christian.[2][3][4][5] Nazareth Illit (lit. "Upper Nazareth"), declared a separate city in June 1974, is built alongside old Nazareth, and had a Jewish population of 40,312 in 2014.[6]