Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Kupfuura: Maererano nezvinyorwa zvemitero zveOttoman, vaKristu vaiumba inenge 60% yevagari pakutanga kwezana ramakore rechi16, nepo vaKristu nevaMuslim vakava vakaenzana nepakati pezana ramakore rechi16. Zvisinei, kwakanga kusina vagari vechiMuslim vakaverengwa pakupera kwezana remakore, navanhu vakanyorwa vevarume vakuru 287 vanobhadhara mutero. VaKristu, kufanana navasiri vaMuslim vose vaiva muUmambo hweOttoman, vaifanira kubhadhara mutero wejiziya. Muna 1867, mumwe mushanyi wokuAmerica anorondedzera taundi racho se rine vanhu 3.000 kusvika ku4.000; avo vanenge 100 vaiva maPurotesitendi, 300 vaiva maMuslim uye "vamwe vose vaiva veChechi yeLatin neGreek uye vaArmenian vashomanana". Mumwe mushumo wegore rimwe chetero unotaura kuti chiverengero chavaKristu chakanga chiri 3.000, navamwe vaMuslim 50. Imwe tsime ra1885 rakaisa huwandu hwevanhu panenge zviuru zvitanhatu zve "maKristu, maLatin nemaGiriki" vasina vagari vechiJuda. Muna 1948, chimiro chechitendero cheguta chaive 85% chechiKristu, kunyanya cheGreek Orthodox neRoman Catholic mazita, uye 13% maMuslim. Mukuverengwa kwevanhu kwakaitwa muna 1967 nezviremera zveIsrael, guta reBethlehem pacharo raive nevanhu 14,439, vagari varo vechiMuslim 7,790 vaimiririra 53.9% yevagari, nepo maKristu ezvitendero zvakasiyana-siyana vaive 6,231 kana 46.1%. Mukuverengwa kwePCBS kwa1997, guta raive nevanhu ve21,670, kusanganisira huwandu hwevapoteri ve6,570, vachiverenga 30.3% yevagari veguta. Muna 1997, kugoverwa kwezera revagari veBheterehema kwakanga kuri 27.4% vari pasi pemakore gumi, 20% kubva pamakore gumi kusvika pamakore gumi nemapfumbamwe, 17.3% kubva pamakore makumi maviri nemapfumbamwe, 17.7% kubva pamakore makumi matatu kusvika pamakumi mana nemana, 12.1% kubva pamakore 45 kusvika pamakumi matanhatu nematanhatu uye 5.3% pamusoro pemakore makumi matanhatu nemashanu. Paiva nevarume 11 079 uye vakadzi 10 594. Muna 2007 kuverengwa kwePCBS, Bheterehema raive nevanhu 25,266, avo 12,753 vaive varume uye 12,513 vaive vakadzi. Paiva nedzimba 6 709, idzo 5 211 dzaiva dzemhuri. Avhareji yemhuri yaiva nenhengo dzemhuri 4,8.  Mubvunzo: Vangani vaiva varume vakuru vaibhadhara mitero muOttoman pakupera kwezana remakore rechi16?
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