Tanbourit ( ar, طنبوريت) is a village in the
Sidon District
The Sidon District ( ar, قضاء صيدا) is a district within the South Governorate of Lebanon.
Cities and towns
* Aadloun
* Ansariye
*Ghaziyeh
*Maghdouché
* Majdelyoun
* Miye ou Miye
* Qinarit
* Salhieh
*Sarepta
*Sidon - capital
* Tabbaya
* ...
of the
South Governorate
South Governorate ( ar, الجنوب; transliterated: al-Janub) is one of the governorates of Lebanon. South Lebanon has a population of 500,000 inhabitants and an area of 929.6 km2. The capital is Sidon. The lowest elevation is sea-level ...
in
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 ...
. It is located 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 ...
.
History
In 1875 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 ...
traveled in the region, and noted the village Tanbourit "beyond a ravine". The inhabitants were Maronites
The Maronites ( ar, الموارنة; syr, ܡܖ̈ܘܢܝܐ) are a Christian ethnoreligious group native to the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant region of the Middle East, whose members traditionally belong to the Maronite Church, with the larg ...
.[Guérin, 1880, p]
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"A midi cinquante-cinq minutes, je redescends vers l'ouest dans l'Oued Sanik, qui commence à s'élargir, et les hautes berges qui l'encadrent s'abaissent peu à peu.
A une heure quinze minutes, je gravis de nouveau cet oued vers le sud; puis, continuant à monter vers le sud-sud-est, je laisse à ma gauche, à une heure trente-cinq minutes, au delà d'un ravin, le village de Tambourit, dont la population est maronite."
References
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External links
Tanbourit
Localiban
{{Sidon District
Populated places in Sidon District
Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon