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Galilee Panhandle

The Galilee Panhandle is the northernmost part of , a narrow strip of land running north-south.
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  • Type: territory
  • Description: geopolitical area in north-eastern Israel
  • Also known as: “Finger of Galilee” and “Galilee panhandle”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kiryat Shmona Airport and El Khalisa.

Aerodrome
Photo: Chaver83, Public domain.
is a public airport located 2 km east of the northern town of . The airport is operated by Kiryat Shmona Travellers Inc.

Ruins
Photo: Ram.eisenberg, CC BY 3.0.
Al-Khalisa was a Palestinian Arab village situated on a low hill on the northwestern edge of the of over 1,800 located 28 kilometers north of Safad. It was depopulated in the 1948 Palestine war.

Park
Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kiryat Shmona and Margaliyyot.

Town
Photo: Alesso, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in the of on the western slopes of the near the border. In 2023 it had a population of 24,254. Located near the Israel–Lebanon border, is Israel's northernmost city.

Village
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Margaliot is a moshav in northern . Located on the Naftali Mountains of the , near the Lebanese border and the city of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 457.

Village
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is a moshav in northern . Located on the west bank of the Hasbani River, about 5 kilometres from , its 3,500 dunams fall under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. As of 2023, it had a population of 1,083.

Galilee Panhandle

Latitude
33.2° or 33° 12′ north
Longitude
35.5667° or 35° 34′ 0″ east
Open location code
8G5Q6H28+2M
Wiki­data ID
Q2916744
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Satellite Map

Discover Galilee Panhandle from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Galilee Panhandle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إصبع الجليل”
  • Czech: “Prst Galileje”
  • Esperanto: “Fingro de Galileo”
  • Esperanto: “La Fingro de Galileo (Israelo)”
  • French: “Doigt de Galilee”
  • French: “Doigt de Galilée”
  • French: “Doigt de la Galilée”
  • Hebrew: “אצבע הגליל”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Galileastripa”
  • Polish: “Ecba ha-Galil”
  • Polish: “Palec Galilei”
  • Portuguese: “Dedo da Galileia”
  • Russian: “Галилейский выступ”
  • Russian: “Галилейский палец”
  • Russian: “Галилейский перст”
  • Russian: “Эцба-ха-Галиль”
  • Spanish: “Dedo de Galilea”
  • Spanish: “Dedo de la Galilea”
  • Spanish: “Etzba HaGalil”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Galilee Panhandle”. Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, CC BY 2.5.