Galilea

"Galilea (en hebreo, ha-Galil, "la provincia" ; en árabe, al-Jalil; en latín Galilaea, del griego antiguo ) es una región histórica situada al norte de Israel, situada entre el mar Mediterráneo, el mar de Galilea y el Valle de Jezreel. Actualmente constituye la zona norte del Estado de Israel. Tiene un área aproximada de 4.000 kilómetros cuadrados, rica en llanuras fértiles y áridas montañas. Es una región de colinas, entre ellas el célebre monte Tabor, lugar en el que, según la tradición cristiana, ocurrió la Transfiguración de Jesús. El clima es lluvioso y húmedo, registrándose una pluviosidad de hasta 800 mm. Las principales actividades económicas son la agricultura y la pesca en el mar de Galilea. Es una encrucijada de caminos entre las planicies mediterráneas y los desiertos al este del río Jordán. Se divide en Alta y Baja Galilea."

"Galilee (Hebrew: , transliteration HaGalil; Arabic: , translit. al-Jall) is a region in northern Israel. Traditionally refers to the mountainous part and divided into Upper Galilee (Hebrew: Galil Elyon) and Lower Galilee (Hebrew: Galil Tahton). In the modern common usage Galilee refers to all of the Israeli area that is beyond Mount Carmel to the northeast, extending from Dan to the north, at the base of Mount Hermon, along Mount Lebanon to the ridges of Mount Carmel and Mount Gilboa north of Jenin to the south, and from the Jordan Rift Valley to the east across the plains of the Jezreel Valley and Acre to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the coastal plain in the west, including Beth Shean's valley, Sea of Galilee's valley, and Hula Valley, although practically it usually does not include Haifa's immediate northern suburbs. By this definition it overlaps with much of the administrative Northern District of the country (which also includes the Golan Heights and part of Menashe Heights but not Qiryat Tiv'on). Western Galilee (Hebrew: Galil Ma'aravi) is a common term referring to the western part of the Upper Galilee and its shore, and usually also the northwestern part of the Lower Galilee, mostly overlapping with Acre sub district. Galilee Panhandle is a common term referring to the Israeli "panhandle" in the east that extends to the north, where Lebanon is to the west, and includes Hula Valley and Ramot Naftali mountains of the Upper Galilee. Historically, the part of Southern Lebanon south of the east-west section of the Litani River also belonged to the region of Galilee, but the present article mainly deals with the Israeli part of the region."