Located to the south of the Sea of Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council.

[1] The village was founded in 1949 by a gar'in of Hebrew Scouts and a kvutza of youths from kibbutz Afikim.

Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion refused to accept the name, insisting that it should be called Beit Katzir because it was not a real tell.

However, after the kibbutz's secretariat noted that Tel Aviv was not a real tell, and that Ramat Gan (lit.

Garden Heights) was not hilly, they eventually won recognition of their preferred name.