Blida ( ar, بليدا) is a village in

Marjeyoun District The Marjeyoun District is a district in the Nabatieh Governorate of Lebanon. The capital of the district is Marjeyoun. Marjeyoun Marjayoun ( ar, مرج عيون: Lebanese pronunciation), also Marj 'Ayoun, Marjuyun or Marjeyoun (lit. "meadow o ...

in southern

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

Location

The municipality of Blida is located in the

Kaza A kaza (, , , plural: , , ; ota, قضا, script=Arab, (; meaning 'borough') * bg, околия (; meaning 'district'); also Кааза * el, υποδιοίκησις () or (, which means 'borough' or 'municipality'); also () * lad, kaza , ...

of Marjaayoun one of is one of the eight mohafazats (governorates) of

. Blida is 118 kilometers (73.3252 mi) away from

Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...

, the capital of Lebanon. Its elevation is 630 meters (2067.03 ft - 688.968 yd) above sea level. Blida surface stretches for 1330 hectares (13.3 km² - 5.1338 mi²) .

Name

E. H. Palmer wrote that the name ''Belidet'' meant "The little village".

History

In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing mosque, and having about 150 Moslem inhabitants, situated on a ridge, with figs, olives, and arable land. One

cistern A cistern (Middle English ', from Latin ', from ', "box", from Greek ', "basket") is a waterproof receptacle for holding liquids, usually water. Cisterns are often built to catch and store rainwater. Cisterns are distinguished from wells by t ...

and a good spring one mile south-east of the village give the water supply." They further noted: "Here are several columns and remains of ruins. Double triangles are cut on either side of door of mosque."Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p
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Localliban: Centre de resource sur le developpement local *Survey of Western Palestine, Map 4
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{{Authority control Populated places in the Israeli security zone 1985–2000 Populated places in Marjeyoun District