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Borj Kalaway
Burj Qallawiyah ( ar, برج قلويه ) is a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon. Name According to Edward Henry Palmer, E. H. Palmer, the name ''Burj el Alawei'' means "the tower of the Alawei". History In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund, PEF's PEF Survey of Palestine, ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described Burj Alawei as: “A village, built of stone, containing about 300 Metawileh, situated on upland, with a few olives, figs, and some arable land round. The water supply is from a well and spring.”Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p86/ref> References Bibliography * * External links Localiban *Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA {{Bint Jbeil District Populated places in Bint Jbeil District Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palestine Grid
The Palestine grid was the geographic coordinate system used by the Survey Department of Palestine. The system was chosen by the Survey Department of the Government of Palestine in 1922. The projection used was the Cassini-Soldner projection. The central meridian (the line of longitude along which there is no local distortion) was chosen as that passing through a marker on the hill of Mar Elias Monastery south of Jerusalem. The false origin (zero point) of the grid was placed 100 km to the south and west of the Ali el-Muntar hill that overlooks Gaza city. The unit length for the grid was the kilometre; the British units were not even considered. At the time the grid was established, there was no intention of mapping the lower reaches of the Negev Desert, but this did not remain true. Those southern regions having a negative north-south coordinate then became a source of confusion, which was solved by adding 1000 to the northern coordinate in that case. For some military pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
