The Central Lower Galilee Natural Region is a natural region in the Safed Subdistrict, in the Northern District of Israel. Tefahot is the largest town in the natural region.

Geography

The natural region consists of five villages, located south of Highway 85 near the larger town of Maghar (which is located in the Eastern Lower Galilee natural region of the Kinneret Subdistrict). The remainder of the Lower Galilee, to the west and southwest, is mostly part of the Nazareth-Tir'an Mountains Natural Region and Shefar'am Natural Region, which are in the Jezreel and Acre subdistricts respectively. It is the least populous natural region in the Northern District, and one of the least populous in Israel. Four of the villages in the natural region are part of the Merom HaGalil Regional Council, while the fifth is part of the Upper Galilee Regional Council.

Demographics All five villages of the natural region are Jewish villages.

Administrative local authorities Cities Local Councils Villages[None][None] Merom HaGalil: Hazon Kalanit Livnim Tefahot Upper Galilee: Kadarim

Voting Patterns In the 2022 election, 69 percent of voters in the natural region voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu, while 28 percent voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid and 0.1 percent voted for the Arab parties.

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