Well I never knew that!

I’ve just been reading my Bible first thing in the morning, as is my habit. I looked up a reference to Luke 8:4-15, which is Jesus’ parable of the sower, or the four different types of soil. Then I looked in a commentary & found the following entry:

‘These chapters (Luke 5:1-7:17) cover what is often called Jesus' early Galilean ministry. Galilee was Jesus' home province. It was not technically Jewish, as was Judea, but contained a large Jewish population. Most of Jesus' ministry was focussed near the Sea of Galilee, where Peter and James and John had laboured as fishermen.
Strikingly, the Sermon on the Mount, the Transfiguration, and 25 of Jesus' 35 recorded miracles took place in Galilee.
The Jews of Judea, however, looked on Galileans with some contempt. They had a rude accent, and were not considered sophisticated in matters of religion.
This early Galilean ministry took place when Jesus was introducing His teaching and Himself. The later Galilean ministry is associated with hardening opposition.’
(Source: The Teacher's Commentary.)

I didn’t know that Galilee wasn’t wholly Jewish for a start! And that comment above, ‘The Jews of Judea, however, looked on Galileans with some contempt.’ makes sense of some

Scale & Position of Galillee
‘In the time of our Lord, Galilee embraced more than one-third of Western Palestine, extending "from Dan on the north, at the base of Mount Hermon, to the ridges of Carmel and Gilboa on the south, and from the Jordan valley on the east away across the splendid plains of Jezreel and Acre to the shores of the Mediterranean on the west." Palestine was divided into three provinces, Judea, Samaria, and Galilee, which comprehended the whole northern section of the country (Acts 9:31), and was the largest of the three.’
(Source: Easton's Biblical Dictionary)

I draw your attention to the fact that, ‘Palestine was divided into three provinces, Judea, Samaria, and Galilee’ & that Galilee was by far the largest of the three provinces.