Lower Galilee
The Lower Galilee is a region within the Northern District of Israel. The Lower Galilee is bordered by the Jezreel Valley to the south; the Upper Galilee to the north, from which it is separated by the Beit HaKerem Valley; the Jordan Rift Valley with the…| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Nazareth and Karmiel.
Nazareth
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Nazareth is a city in northern Israel. It is the largest Arab city in Israel proper, having a population of 60,000, a harmonious mix of Muslims and Christians.
Karmiel
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Karmiel, or Carmiel, is a city in the Lower Galilee region of northern Israel. Founded in 1964 as a development town, it is in the Beit HaKerem Valley, the dividing feature between the Lower and Upper Galilee.
Shefa-’Amr
Shefa-Amr or Shefar'am is an Arab city in the Northern District of Israel. In 2023 it had a population of 43,408 with a Sunni Muslim majority and large Christian Arab and Druze minorities.Destinations to Discover
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Zippori
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Zippori is an archaeological site and national park in the Lower Galilee region of Israel, near Nazareth.
Lower Galilee
- Type: region
- Description: region within the Northern District of Israel
- Location: Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude of center
32.783° or 32° 46′ 59″ northLongitude of center
35.33° or 35° 19′ 48″ eastWikidata ID
Q2915691
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Lower Galilee” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الجليل الأسفل”
- Armenian: “Ցաձր Գալիլեա”
- Basque: “Galilea Beherea”
- Catalan: “Baixa Galilea”
- Chinese: “下加利利”
- Chinese: “加利利下”
- Czech: “Dolní Galilea”
- Dutch: “Beneden Galilea”
- Esperanto: “Malsupra Galileo”
- French: “basse Galilée”
- French: “Basse Galilée”
- German: “Untergaliläa”
- Hebrew: “גליל התחתון”
- Hebrew: “גליל תחתון”
- Hebrew: “הגליל התחתון”
- Indonesian: “Galilea Bawah”
- Indonesian: “Galilea Hilir”
- Italian: “Bassa Galilea”
- Japanese: “低地ガリラヤ”
- Macedonian: “Долна Галилеја”
- Malagasy: “Galilea Ambany”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nedre Galilea”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nedre Galilea”
- Persian: “الجلیل پایین”
- Persian: “جلیل سفلا”
- Polish: “Dolna Galilea”
- Portuguese: “Baixa Galileia”
- Russian: “Галилея”
- Russian: “Нижняя Галилея”
- Slovenian: “Spodnja Galileja”
- Spanish: “Baja Galilea”
- Swedish: “Nedre Galileen”
- Turkish: “Aşağı Celile”
- Ukrainian: “Нижня Галілея”
- Venetian: “Basa Gałiłea”
- Vietnamese: “Galilea Hạ”
- Yiddish: “אונטער גליל”
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