Yafa an-Naseriyye
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Yafa an-Naseriyye

NameYafa an-Naseriyye
Hebname 
Arnameيافة الناصره
MeaningJaffa of Nazareth
Typelc
Typefrom1960
AltOffSpYafia
AltUnoSpYafa
Districtnorth
Population16,900
Popyear2006
Area Dunam4087
Pushpin MapIsrael jezreel|pushpin_mapsize=250|pushpin_label_position=left
Latd32|latm=41|lats=8.88
Longd35|longm=16|longs=28.29

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Yafa an-Naseriyye ( , "Jaffa of Nazareth", also Yafa, Yafia or Yafi , ) is an Arab local council located in the Lower Galilee, Israel. It forms part of the metropolitan area of Nazareth, also an Arab locality. Declared a local council in 1960, Yafa had a population of 16,200 in 2005, approximately 70% of whom are Muslim and 30% Christian.

Yafa has been identified as the ancient town of Japhia, mentioned in the Book of Joshua as a border town of Zebulun (Joshua 19:12). Local medieval tradition holds that Zebedee and his two sons, James and John lived in Yafa.

A substantial portion of Yafa's population today are the descendents of internally displaced Palestinians from the neighbouring village of Ma'alul which was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. People from Ma'alul participated in the local elections in Yafa under the banner of the "Ma'alul refugees' party" with platform also focused on issues of interest or concern to wider population as a way of attracting political support from local parties.

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