Upper Galilee
The Upper Galilee is a geographical region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon. Part of the larger Galilee region, it is characterized by its higher elevations and mountainous terrain.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Safed and Rosh Pina.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Zinati house and 814 Har Zevul.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beit Jann and Peki’in.
Beit Jann
Bayt Jann is a Druze village on Mount Meron in northern Israel.
Peki’in
Peki'in, or Buqei'a, is a Druze–Arab town with local council status in Israel's Northern District.
Hurfeish
Hurfeish is a Druze town in the Northern District of Israel.
Upper Galilee
- Region
- Description: Mountainous area straddling Northern Palestina and southern Lebanon.
- Also known as“Galilee upto the Leontes”“Lower Lebanon”“Northern Galilee”“Southern Lebanon”
- Location
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Latitude
32.986° or 32° 59′ 10″ north
Longitude
35.337° or 35° 20′ 13″ east
Open location code
8G4QX8PP+9Q
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Upper Galilee” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الجليل الأعلى”
- Belarusian: “Верхняя Галілея”
- Central Kurdish: “جەلیلی سەروو”
- Chinese: “上加利利”
- Czech: “Horní Galilea”
- Dutch: “Boven Galilea”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الجليل الاعلى”
- Esperanto: “Supra Galileo”
- Finnish: “Ylä-Galilea”
- French: “Galilée du Nord”
- French: “Galilée pour Leontes”
- French: “Haute Galilée”
- French: “Sud du Liban”
- German: “Oberes Galiläa”
- German: “Obergaliläa”
- Hebrew: “גליל העליון”
- Hebrew: “גליל עליון”
- Hebrew: “הגליל העליון”
- Indonesian: “Galilea Hulu”
- Italian: “Alta Galilea”
- Japanese: “上ガリラヤ”
- Macedonian: “Горна Галилеја”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Øvre Galilea”
- Persian: “الجلیل بالا”
- Persian: “جلیل علیا”
- Polish: “Górna Galilea”
- Portuguese: “Alta Galileia”
- Russian: “Верхняя Галилея”
- Slovenian: “Zgornja Galileja”
- Spanish: “Alta Galilea”
- Spanish: “Región del norte de Eretz Palestine”
- Swedish: “Övre Galileen”
- Venetian: “Alta Gałiłea”
- Vietnamese: “Galilea Thượng”
- Yiddish: “אויבער גליל”
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