Mitzpa
Mitzpa is a moshava in the Lower Galilee Regional Council, Israel. Located next to the Sea of Galilee and Tiberias, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 158.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Asafsagi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 141 residents
- Description: human settlement in Israel
- Also known as: “‘Ain Katab”, “Mispah”, “Mitspa”, “Mitspah”, and “Mizpa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Capture of Tiberias and Mount Arbel.
Capture of Tiberias
Battlefield
Photo: George Washington Lambert, Public domain.
The Capture of Tiberias took place on 25 September 1918 during the Battle of Sharon which together with the Battle of Nablus formed the set piece Battle of Megiddo fought between 19 and 25 September in the last months of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War.
Mount Arbel
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Copyrighted free use.
Mount Arbel is a mountain in the Lower Galilee near Tiberias in Israel, with high cliffs, views of Mount Hermon and the Golan Heights, a cave-fortress, and ruins of an ancient synagogue. Mount Arbel is situated 4 km north of Mitzpa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tiberias and Kefar Hittim.
Tiberias
Photo: Юкатан, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tiberias is a city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. A major Jewish center during Late Antiquity, it has been considered since the 16th century one of Judaism's Four Holy Cities, along with Jerusalem, Hebron, and Safed.
Kefar Hittim
Village
Photo: Danny Gershoni, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kfar Hittim is a moshav shitufi in northern Israel. Located on a hill 3 km west of Tiberias, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council.
Arbel
Village
Photo: Almog, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arbel is a moshav in northern Israel. Located beside Mount Arbel next to the Sea of Galilee near Tiberias, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council. Arbel is situated 3½ km northwest of Mitzpa.
Mitzpa
- Categories: human settlement, moshav, residential area, and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.79021° or 32° 47′ 25″ northLongitude
35.50973° or 35° 30′ 35″ eastPopulation
141Elevation
77 metres (253 feet)Open location code
8G4QQGR5+3VOpenStreetMap ID
way 618036505OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Mitzpa” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “米兹帕”
- Czech: “Micpa”
- Czech: “Mitzpa”
- Dutch: “Mitzpa”
- French: “Mitzpa”
- Hebrew: “Miẕpa”
- Hebrew: “מצפה”
- Irish: “Mitzpa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mitzpa”
- Polish: “Micpa”
- Polish: “Mitzpa”
- Russian: “Мицпа”
- Turkish: “Mitzpa”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mitzpa”. Photo: Asafsagi, CC BY-SA 3.0.