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{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Mitzpa
|image = File:Mitzpa1234.jpg
| founded = 1908
| founded_by = {{nowrap|[[Jewish Colonization Association]]}}
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|מִצְפָּה}}
| district = north
| council = [[Lower Galilee Regional Council|Lower Galilee]]
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Mizpa}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map = Israel northeast
| pushpin_mapsize = 250 |pushpin_label_position = left
| coordinates = {{coord|32|47|26|N|35|30|34|E|display=inline,title}}
| website =
}}
'''Mitzpa''' ({{langx|he|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 {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Mizpa}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
==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]].
==Economy==
The main branches of the village are [[agriculture]], entrepreneurship, [[tourism]] (hospitality rooms) and others work outside of the village.
==Notable residents==
[[File:Avraham Avigdorov.jpg|thumb|180px|Avraham Avigdorov in 1949]]
*[[Avraham Avigdorov]] (1929–2012), pre-state soldier and war hero born at Mitzpa, recipient of the Hero of Israel award, the highest Israeli military decoration
==References==
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{{Lower Galilee Regional Council}}
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[[Category:Villages in Israel]]
[[Category:Populated places in Northern District (Israel)]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1908]]
[[Category:1908 establishments in the Ottoman Empire]]
[[Category:Sea of Galilee]]
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