Mitzpa

Mitzpa מִצְפָּה‎
Mitzpa
Coordinates: 32°47′26″N 35°30′34″E / 32.79056°N 35.50944°E / 32.79056; 35.50944Coordinates: 32°47′26″N 35°30′34″E / 32.79056°N 35.50944°E / 32.79056; 35.50944
District	Northern
Council	Lower Galilee
Founded	1908
Founded by	Jewish Colonization Association
Population (2015)^[1]	978

Mitzpa (Hebrew: מִצְפָּה‎) 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 2015 it had a population of 978.

History

The village was founded in 1908 in the period of the Second Aliyah by the Jewish Colonization Association. Its name is Hebrew for "observatory", a name which was given to the village due to the location in which one has a good observation of the Sea of Galilee, Mount Arbel and Safed.

The main branches of the village are agriculture, entrepreneurship, tourism (hospitality rooms) and others work outside of the village.

↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

Lower Galilee Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Beit Keshet Beit Rimon Lavi

Moshavim	Arbel HaZor'im Ilaniya Kfar Hittim Kfar Kisch Kfar Zeitim Sde Ilan Shadmot Dvora Sharona

Moshavot	Mitzpa

Community settlements	Giv'at Avni Masad Mitzpe Netofa

Youth villages	Hodayot Kadoorie Agricultural High School

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