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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Safed and Rosh Pina.
Safed
Photo: Beny Shlevich, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Safed is a city in the Upper Galilee region of Israel, and is one of the oldest centers for Jewish learning and spirituality, home to the Kabbalah movement which is popular with celebrities.
Rosh Pina
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
Rosh Pinna or Rosh Pina, is a town in the Korazim Plateau in the Upper Galilee on the eastern slopes of Mount Kna'an in the Northern District of Israel.
Places of Interest
Highlights include 814 Har Zevul and Beit Jan Military Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beit Jann and Peki’in.
Beit Jann
Village
Bayt Jann is a Druze village on Mount Meron in northern Israel. At 940 meters above sea level, Bayt Jann is one of the highest inhabited locations in the country. In 2023 it had a population of 12,287.
Peki’in
Village
Photo: Ovedc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peki'in or Buqei'a, is a Druze–Arab town with local council status in Israel's Northern District. It is located eight kilometres east of Ma'alot-Tarshiha in the Upper Galilee.
Hurfeish
Village
Photo: Amit A., CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hurfeish is a Druze town in the Northern District of Israel. In 2023 it had a population of 6,712.
Upper Galilee
- Type: region
- Description: Mountainous area straddling Northern Palestina and southern Lebanon.
- Also known as: “Galilee upto the Leontes”, “Lower Lebanon”, “Northern Galilee”, and “Southern Lebanon”
- Location: Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.986° or 32° 59′ 10″ northLongitude
35.337° or 35° 20′ 13″ eastOpen location code
8G4QX8PP+9QWikidata ID
Q2915499
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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”
- Chinese: “上加利利”
- Czech: “Horní Galilea”
- Dutch: “Boven 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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