Qlaiaa ( ar, القليعة) is a village in the
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 Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...
. The inhabitants are mainly Maronite Christians.
Name
According to
E. H. Palmer, the name means "the little castle".
History
In 1838,
Eli Smith noted Qlaiaa's population as
Maronite.
In 1870
Victor Guérin
Victor Guérin (15 September 1821 – 21 Septembe 1890) was a French intellectual, explorer and amateur archaeologist. He published books describing the geography, archeology and history of the areas he explored, which included Greece, Asia Min ...
found the village to have 400 Maronite inhabitants.
In 1881, the
PEF's
''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, containing about 1 50 Christians ; it contains a church, and is situated on a ridge, with vineyards, olives, figs, and arable land around ; it has a birket and spring near."
[Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p]
89
/ref> Note that a birket is a pool of water.
See also
*Catholic Church in Lebanon
The Catholic Church in Lebanon ( ar, الكنيسة الكاثوليكية في لبنان) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
There are about 1.8 million Catholics in Lebanon in total, the ...
References
Bibliography
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External links
Qlaiaa
Localiban
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2:
IAAWikimedia commons
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Populated places in the Israeli security zone 1985–2000
Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon
Populated places in Marjeyoun District