In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “arab town in the galilee region of israel that is associated with the new testament village of cana”. Today it says “arab town in the galilee”.
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Town in Northern District, Israel This article is about the village in Israel. Local council in Israel Kafr Kanna ( Arabic : كفر كنا , Kafr Kanā ; Hebrew : כַּפְר כַּנָּא ) is an Arab town in the Galilee , part of the Northern District of Israel . It is associated by Christians with the New Testament village of Cana , where Jesus turned water into wine . In 2024 its population was 25,374. It has a religiously mixed population of Muslims and Christians from different denominations. A Jewish village during antiquity, Kafr Kanna is mentioned in an extant 9th-century Islamic marble stele . Under Crusader rule, from the 12th to mid-13th centuries, it was a casale (country estate). Kafr Kanna had become a large village by 1300, during Mamluk rule. It flourished as one of the largest localities in Palestine and one of the two market towns of the Safed Sanjak under Ottoman rule in the 16th century, when its population was mostly Muslim with a significant Jewish minority. By the 19th century, its population was roughly equal parts Muslim and Christian, a state which persisted through British Mandatory rule (1917–1948). Since 1948, it is a part of Israel. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Israel municipality Kafr Kanna ( , kafr kanā ; ) is an Arab town in the Galilee region of Israel that is associated with the New Testament village of Cana , where Jesus turned water into wine . The near-miracle in Kafr Kana
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Israel municipality Kafr Kanna ( , Kafr Kanā ; ) is an Arab town in the Tur'an Valley in Galilee , part of the North District of Israel . It is associated with the New Testament village of Cana , where Jesus turned water into wine. It had a population of about 18,000 in 2006.
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Israel municipality Kafr Kanna ( , Kafr Kanā ; ) is an Arab town, in Galilee , part of the Northern District of Israel . It is associated with the New Testament village of Cana , where Jesus turned water into wine . In 2024 its population was 25,374.Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Town in Northern District, Israel For the village in Lebanon, see Qana .Local council in Israel Kafr Kanna ( , Kafr Kanā ; ) is an Arab town in the Galilee , part of the Northern District of Israel .It is associated by Christians with the New Testament village of Cana , where Jesus turned water into wine . In 2024 its population was 25,374. It has a religiously mixed population of Muslims and Christians from different denominations.A Jewish village during antiquity, Kafr Kanna is mentioned in an extant 9th-century Islamic marble stele .Under Crusader rule, from the 12th to mid-13th centuries, it was a casale (country estate).Kafr Kanna had become a large village by 1300, during Mamluk rule.It flourished as one of the largest localities in Palestine and one of the two market towns of the Safed Sanjak under Ottoman rule in the 16th century, when its population was mostly Muslim with a significant Jewish minority.By the 19th century, its population was roughly equal parts Muslim and Christian, a state which persisted through British Mandatory rule (1917-1948).Since 1948, it is a part of Israel. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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arab town in the galilee region of israel that is associated with the new testament village of cana
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arab town in the galilee
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