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.