Southern Lebanon () is the area of

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 ...

comprising 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 ...

and the Nabatiye Governorate. The two entities were divided from the same province in the early 1990s. The

Rashaya Rashaya, Rachaya, Rashaiya, Rashayya or Rachaiya ( ar, راشيا), also known as Rashaya al-Wadi or Rachaya el-Wadi (and variations), is a town of the Rashaya District in the west of the Jnoub Government of Lebanon. It is situated at around ab ...

and Western Beqaa Districts, the southernmost districts of the

Beqaa Governorate Beqaa ( ') is a governorate in Lebanon. Districts Since 2014, Beqaa Governorate contains three districts: * West Beqaa * Rashaya * Zahle A law was passed in 2003 to separate Baalbek District and Hermel District from Beqaa Governorate to form a ...

, in Southern Lebanon are sometimes included. The main cities of the region are

Sidon Sidon ( ; he, צִידוֹן, ''Ṣīḏōn'') known locally as Sayda or Saida ( ar, صيدا ''Ṣaydā''), is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate, of which it is the capital, on the Mediterranean coast. ...

, Tyre, Jezzine and Nabatiyeh. The

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s of

Bint Jbeil Bint Jbeil () is the second largest town in the Nabatiye Governorate in Southern Lebanon. The town has an estimated population of 30,000. Its exact population is unknown, because Lebanon has not conducted a population census since 1932. Hist ...

, Tyre, and Nabatieh in Southern Lebanon are known for their large

Shi'a Muslim Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, mos ...

population with a minority of

Christians Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words '' Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρ ...

is predominantly Sunni, with the rest of the caza of Sidon having a Shi'a Muslim majority, with a considerable Christian minority, mainly

Melkite Greek Catholic el, Μελχιτική Ελληνική Καθολική Εκκλησία , image = Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Damascus, Syria.jpg , imagewidth = 200px , alt = , caption = , abbreviatio ...

s. The cazas of Jezzine and

Marjeyoun Marjayoun ( ar, مرج عيون: Lebanese pronunciation), also Marj 'Ayoun, Marjuyun or Marjeyoun (lit. "meadow of springs") and Jdeideh / Jdeida / Jdeidet Marjeyoun, is a Lebanese town and an administrative district, the Marjeyoun District, i ...

have a Christian majority and also Shia Muslims. The villages of

Ain Ebel ʿAin Ebel ( ar, عين إبل; Syriac: ), the ancient 'En Bol, is a village located in the Lebanese Upper Galilee in the Caza of Bint Jbeil in the Nabatiye Governorate in Lebanon. Etymology Historian Taissier Khalaf writes that the name of th ...

, Debel, Qaouzah, and

Rmaich Rmeish ( ar, رميش) is located in the District of Bint Jbeil, Lebanon near the Lebanese-Israeli border covering an area of . The ruins found in the village indicate that the area was occupied by the Romans and the Crusaders at some stage in hi ...

are entirely Christian Maronite. The caza of

Hasbaya Hasbeya or Hasbeiya ( ar, حاصبيا) is a town in Lebanon, situated at the foot of Mount Hermon, overlooking a deep amphitheatre from which a brook flows to the Hasbani. In 1911, the population was about 5000. Hasbaya is the capital of the Wa ...

has a Druze majority.

History

Free Lebanon State and South Lebanon security belt

Southern Lebanon became the location of the self-proclaimed

Free Lebanon State The Free Lebanon State ( ar, دولة لبنان الحر, translit=Dawlat Lubnān al-Ḥurr), also known as the State of Free Lebanon, was a short-lived state that existed from 1979 to 1984. Proclaimed on 18 April 1979 by Saad Haddad, a Lebane ...

, announced in 1979 by

Saad Haddad Saad Haddad ( ar, سعد حداد; 1936 – 14 January 1984) was the founder and head of the South Lebanon Army (SLA) during the Lebanese Civil War. For years Haddad was closely collaborating and receiving arms and political support from Israe ...

. The state failed to gain international recognition, and its authority deteriorated with the death of Saad Haddad in 1984. Southern Lebanon has also featured prominently in the Israel-Lebanon conflict.

Ahmadinejad's state visit

In October 2010

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited South Lebanon. This was his first visit to Lebanon since he first assumed office in

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in 2005. Both

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

and the

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condemned the trip as being "provocative." Ahmadinejad was welcomed by tens of thousands of supporters of Hezbollah, Iran's Shiite Muslim ally in Lebanon which has been branded a terrorist organization in part or whole by much of South America, the EU, the Arab League, the United States and Israel. This is despite its participation in Lebanon's fragile government.

Cities and districts

* Aaramta *

Al Rihan Al Rehan or ( ar, الريحان) is a small village located in the southern part of Lebanon, on Al Rehan mountain in Jezzine District. The village is surrounded by mountain peaks, pine and oak forests. Its altitude ranges from 740 to 1605 m and is ...

* Alma ash-Shab (Aalma ach Chaab) * Abbasieh * Adlun * Al Mansuri *

* Ain Baal or Ayn Bal * Aitaroun or Aytarun * Ansariyeh or Insariye * Ansar * Ash Shawmara * At Tayyabah * At Tiri * Aitit * Aynata * Ayta ash Shab (Ayta al-Sha'b, Ayta) *

Baraachit Baraachit ( ar, برعشيت ), also spelt Brashit, is a rural town located in the Nabatiye Governorate, in the Bint Jbeil District of southern Lebanon, ca. southeast of Tibnine and about from Beirut. The village sits on an elevation of above ...

* Barish * Bayt Lif * baytulay * Bazouryeh *

Beit Yahoun Beit Yahoun ( ar, بيت ياحون) is a village in Lebanon located near Bint Jbeil, in the Nabatiye Governorate. Beit Yahoun is 117 km from Beirut. It is 950 meters above sea level and covers an area of 485 hectares. History Visiting in 18 ...

* Blida, Lebanon *

Borj el Shamali Borj Ech Chemali ( ar, برج الشمالي) is a town in the Tyre District in South Lebanon, located just east of Tyre. Name According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name ''Burj esh Shemâly'' means "the northern tower". History In 1875, Vi ...

or Borj Chemali * Borj Qalaouiyeh *

Borj Rahal Borj Rahal ( ar, برج رحال ) is a town in the Tyre District in South Lebanon. Name According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name ''Burj Rahhal'' means "the traveller’s tower". History In the 1860s, Ernest Renan found here seven singular ...

* Boustane *

Brashit Baraachit ( ar, برعشيت ), also spelt Brashit, is a rural town located in the Nabatiye Governorate, in the Bint Jbeil District of southern Lebanon, ca. southeast of Tibnine and about from Beirut. The village sits on an elevation of above ...

* Braikeh * Chaqra *

Chtoura Chtaura ( ar, شتورا) is a town in Lebanon in the fertile Beqaa valley located between the Mount Lebanon and Syria. It is located halfway on the Beirut - Damascus highway. It is located from Beirut. Chtaura is the valley's hub for banking, ...

* Deir Kifa * Deyrintar * Dayr Qanunc * Deir Qanoun En Nahr * Derdghaya * Dibil or Debel * Dibbine * Doueir * Ebel el Saki * El Biyyadah or Al Bayyadah * El Hennyeh or Al Hinniyah * El Mansoun or Al Mansuri *

El Qlaile Qlaileh ( ar, القليلة ) is a town in the Tyre District in South Lebanon. Name According to Edward Henry Palmer, E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name ''Leileh'' comes from a female proper name; it also means “night”. History In 1875, Victor G ...

Al Qulaylah Qlaileh ( ar, القليلة ) is a town in the Tyre District in South Lebanon. Name According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name ''Leileh'' comes from a female proper name; it also means “night”. History In 1875, Victor Guérin describes a ...

* El Soultaniyeh *

Fardis Fardis ( Persian: فردیس) is a city in Alborz Province, Iran. Gallery 2nd square of Fardis.jpg, Second square of main blvd. of Fardis See also * Karaj References * Malard Malard ( fa, ملارد, also Romanized as Malārd and Mel� ...

Frun Froun ( ar, فرون) is a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon. Name According to E. H. Palmer, the name ''Furûn'' comes from "the ovens" or "reservoirs". History In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) ...

Ghandouriyeh Ghandouriyeh ( ar, غندورية) is a Lebanese municipality located in the Bint Jbeil District, south of Froun. It was formerly known as ''Aidib''. Name In the 1800s, the village was called Aidib, and E. H. Palmer wrote in 1881 that t ...

Ghaziyeh Ghazieh ( ar, الغازية) is a town in South Lebanon, 4 kilometres south of Saida, (Sidon). It has an area of about 15sq km. Ghazieh is one of the largest businesses hubs in South Lebanon and it houses a large fuel refinery (TapLine). Ghazie ...

* Ghassaniyeh * Hadata or

Haddathah Haddatha ( ar, حدّاثا) is a village in Bint Jbeil District in Southern Lebanon. History In 1596, it was named as a village, ‘“Hadata” in the Ottoman ''nahiya'' (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the '' liwa (district) of Safad, with ...

Hanaway Hanaouay, Henawei, ( ar, حانويه) is a village in the Tyre District in Southern Lebanon, located north-west of Qana. Name According to E. H. Palmer, ''Henawei'' means "the little bend". History In the early 1860s, Ernest Renan noted: " ...

Harris Harris may refer to: Places Canada * Harris, Ontario * Northland Pyrite Mine (also known as Harris Mine) * Harris, Saskatchewan * Rural Municipality of Harris No. 316, Saskatchewan Scotland * Harris, Outer Hebrides (sometimes called the Isle of ...

or Harres *

Hula Hula () is a Hawaiian dance form accompanied by chant (oli) or song ( mele). It was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Native Hawaiians who originally settled there. The hula dramatizes or portrays the words of the oli or mele in a visua ...

or Houla * Hounin *

Jabal Amel Jabal Amil ( ar, جبل عامل, Jabal ʿĀmil), also spelled Jabal Amel and historically known as Jabal Amila, is a cultural and geographic region in Southern Lebanon largely associated with its long-established, predominantly Twelver Shia Musl ...

* Jarjouh * Jarmaq * jebchet * Jmaijmah * Joiya or

Jouaya Jwaya ( ar, جويا) or Jouaiya, is a town in Tyre district, Lebanon. Located in the center of Jabal Amel geographically, 95 kilometers from Beirut, and the county seat of Sidon 54 kilometers and 16 kilometers from the city of Tyre towards the ea ...

Jwayya Jwaya ( ar, جويا) or Jouaiya, is a town in Tyre district, Lebanon. Located in the center of Jabal Amel geographically, 95 kilometers from Beirut, and the county seat of Sidon 54 kilometers and 16 kilometers from the city of Tyre towards the ea ...

Qabrikha Qabrikha (), also spelled Abrika or Kabrika, is a village in the Marjeyoun District, in southern Lebanon. Name According to E. H. Palmer, the name ''Abrika'' comes from a personal name. History In 1852 Edward Robinson noted: "On approaching the ...

or Kabrikha * Kaakaeit al-Jesser *

Kafra, Lebanon Kafra ( ar, كفرا), is a village in Nabatiye Governorate, in the Bint Jbeil District of southern Lebanon, about from Beirut. The village is located in the south-western outskirts of the town of Tebnine, in the heart of the Lebanese Shia Mu ...

Kafr Dunin Kfar Dunin ( ar, كفردونين) is a village in Lebanon, 102 km from the capital Beirut and 580 m from sea coast remote. Adjacent villages: Deir Kifa, Alkaline, Khirbat Silm, Der Ntar. It is considered first of villages in Bent Jb ...

* Kafr Kila *

Kawkaba Kawkaba (), known to the Crusaders as Coquebel, was a Palestinian Arab village that was occupied by Israel during Operation Yoav during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and depopulated. Location The village was situated on an uneven stretch of red-br ...

or Kaoukaba *

Kfar Melki Kfar Melki ( ar, كفر ملكي), also known as Kafrmelki or Kfarmilki, is a town in the Sidon District, South Governorate, Lebanon. It is situated 11 kilometres east of Sidon Sidon ( ; he, צִידוֹן, ''Ṣīḏōn'') known locally as S ...

* Kafarrouman *

Khirbet Selm Kherbet Selm ( ar, خربة سلم) is a village in southern Lebanon. The municipality of Khirbet Selm is located in the Kaza of Bent Jbayl, one of the eight mohafazats (governorates) of Lebanon. Khirbet Selm is 104 kilometers (64.6256 mi) ...

Khiam Khiam ( ar, الخيام; sometimes spelled Khiyam) is a large town in the Nabatieh Governorate of Southern Lebanon. Location Khiam is situated approximately south from the capital city of Beirut and south-east from the city of Nabatieh. The bo ...

* Kfarchouba * Kfarfila * Kfarhamam * Kfar Tebnit * Kounin * Maachouq * Mahrouna *

Majdel Balhis Majdel Balhis (مجدل بلهيص) is a village and municipality located in Rashaya District, Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon. Majdel Balhis is 95 km away from Beirut. Its altitude is 1100 meters above sea level. The area of Majdel Balhis cover ...

* Majdel Selm or Majdal Zun *

Marakeh Maarakeh ( ar, معركة) is a town in Tyre District, in Lebanon. Geography The Municipality of Maarakeh is located in the Kaza of Tyre (sour) one of Mohafazah of South Lebanon kazas (districts). Mohafazah of South Lebanon is one of the eight m ...

Marjayoun Marjayoun ( ar, مرج عيون: Lebanese pronunciation), also Marj 'Ayoun, Marjuyun or Marjeyoun (lit. "meadow of springs") and Jdeideh / Jdeida / Jdeidet Marjeyoun, is a Lebanese town and an administrative district, the Marjeyoun District, i ...

—a Lebanese Christian village *

Markaba Markaba ( ar, مركبا) is an village located at Marjayoun municipality at Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon. It is south of Raabatt Tallame, east of Banni Hayyan and northeast of Tallussah, South Lebanon. Name Markaba or Markabah also in Arabic ...

(Marqaba) *

Maroun al-Ras Maroun el-Ras ( ar, مارون الراس) is a Lebanese village nestled in Jabal Amel (Mount Amel) in the district of Bint Jbeil in the Nabatiye Governorate in southern Lebanon. It is located around south east of Beirut, roughly one km (0.62&n ...

* Marwahin *

Maaroub Maaroub (Arabic: معروب), is a small town in the Tyre District of Southern Lebanon's South Governorate. It is characterized by a blend of old and new architecture. The town is divided into two parts: the old town, and the modern one that ha ...

* Mayfadoun * Meiss el Jabal or

Mays al Jabal Meiss Ej Jabal ( ar, ميس الجبل ) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in Lebanon. Name According to E. H. Palmer, the name ''Meis'' comes from the name of a tree. Location The municipality of Meiss Ej Jabal is located in the Kaz ...

Mlikh Mlikh () is a mountain village in the Jezzine district, located in the South Governorate in Southern Lebanon. It lies on the Al Rihan mountain chain (around 4,000-7,000 feet above sea level, Mlikh is located at around 1,280 meters and higher at o ...

Miye ou Miye Miye ou Miye ( ar, المية ومية, ) is a village in southern Lebanon located 5 km (3.2 mi) East of Sidon and 45 km (28 mi) south of the capital Beirut and it overlooks the Mediterranean Sea. The village lies at an avera ...

* Maghdouche * Nabatiye or Nabatiyeh *

Naqoura Naqoura (, ''Enn Nâqoura, Naqoura, An Nāqūrah'') is a small city in southern Lebanon. Since March 23, 1978, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been headquartered in Naqoura. Name According to E. H. Palmer (1881), the nam ...

(Nakoura, An-Naqurah) * Niha * Nmairiyeh *

Odaisseh Odaisseh ( ar, العديسة / BGN: Aadaïssé / ISO 233: ; also ''Adaisseh'', , and other spellings) is a village in South Lebanon. It is located close to the Blue Line border with Israel, opposite the Israeli kibbutz of Misgav Am. Name Accor ...

* Oum el Ahmad * Qlayaa *

Qana Qana, also spelled Cana or Kana, ( ar, قانا) is a town in southern Lebanon located southeast of the city of Tyre and north of the border with Israel, in an area historically known as Upper Galilee. The 10,000 residents of Qana are pr ...

Qantara Qanater (plural of Qantara, the Arabic word for bridge) may refer to: Places Algeria * El Kantara *El Kantara District Egypt * El Qantara, Egypt, a city on both sides of the Suez Canal Giza Governorate * Manshiyat al Qanater Qalyubia Governora ...

* Rab El Thalathine * Rachaf—a small town * Rachaya El Foukhar—Hasbaya Qaza *

Ramyah Ramyah ( ar, رامية) is a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon. Name According to Edward Henry Palmer, E. H. Palmer in 1881, ''Ramia'' comes from a personal name. History In the 1596 daftar, tax records, it was named a ...

* Ras Al-Biyada *

* Rmadyeh * Roûm *

Selaa Selaa, Silảh, ( ar, سلع) is a village in the Tyre District in Southern Lebanon. Name According to E. H. Palmer, Silảh comes from "the crevasse". History In 1875, Victor Guérin found here 250 Metuali inhabitants. He further noted: "He ...

* Shabriha * Shebaa and

Shebaa Farms The Shebaa Farms, also spelled Sheba'a Farms ( ar, مزارع شبعا, '; he, חוות שבעא, ''Havot Sheba‘a'' or הר דוב, ''Har Dov''), are a small strip of land at the intersection of the Lebanese-Syrian border and the Israeli-oc ...

(ownership disputed, occupied by Israel since 1967) * Shihin, Lebanon *

Shhur Chehoûr, Shuhur, or Shhur (Arabic: شحور), is a small town on the Litani River in the Tyre District of Southern Lebanon's South Governorate, some 95 kilometres to the south-west of Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon. Name E. H. Palmer wrote ...

* Siddiqine *

or Saida * Sir el Gharbiyeh * Srifa * Sujod *

As-Sultaniyah As-Sultaniyah ( ar, السلطانية) is a village in the Bint Jbeil District, in southern Lebanon, located just north of Tebnine. It was earlier called ''el Yehudiyeh''. Name According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, ''El Yehûdîyeh'' meant "the ...

Tallousa Talloussa (طلوسة) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon. Name According to E. H. Palmer, the name comes from a personal name. History In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it as: "A sm ...

* Tair Debbe * Tayr Harfa or Tair Harfa * Tayr Falsayh * Taibeh *

Tebnine Tebnine ( ar, تبنين ''Tibnīn'', also Romanized ''Tibnine'') is a Lebanese town spread across several hills (ranging in altitude from 700m to 800m (2,275 ft to 2,600 ft) above sea level) located about east of Tyre (Lebanon), i ...

(Tebnine, Tibneen), site of the former castle town

Toron Toron, now Tibnin or Tebnine in southern Lebanon, was a major Crusader castle, built in the Lebanon mountains on the road from Tyre to Damascus. The castle was the centre of the Lordship of Toron, a seigneury within the Kingdom of Jerusalem ...

* Tulin, Lebanon (Toulin) * Tura * Tyre or Sur *

Saida Saida may refer to: Places * Saïda, Algeria, a city in Algeria * Saïda Province, a province of Algeria * Saida, Lebanon, the Arabic name for Sidon, a city in Lebanon * Saida, a village in Helan, Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab province, Pakistan * Sai ...

district * Jezzine district * Tyre district *

Wadi al-Taym Wadi al-Taym ( ar, وادي التيم, Wādī al-Taym), also transliterated as Wadi el-Taym, is a wadi (dry river) that forms a large fertile valley in Lebanon, in the districts of Rachaya and Hasbaya on the western slopes of Mount Hermon. It ad ...

* Yarin * Yaroun or Yarun * Yahun *

Yater Yater (Arabic: ياطر) is a Lebanese municipality located in Bint Jbeil District. It is 112 kilometers away from Beirut. E. H. Palmer wrote that the name Yater came from a personal name. History The village once marked the northernmost extent ...

or Yatar * Zibdine * Zibqin

Other notable sites

* Abou Assouad River *

Awali River The Awali ( ar, نهر الأولي / ALA-LC: ''Nahr al-Awalī'', ancient Bostrenus / Bostrenos) is a perennial river flowing in Southern Lebanon. In ancient times it was known as the River Asclepius. It is long, originating from the Barouk mou ...

* El Zahrani River *

Litani River The Litani River ( ar, نهر الليطاني, Nahr al-Līṭānī), the classical Leontes ( grc-gre, Λέοντες, Léontes, lions), is an important water resource in southern Lebanon. The river rises in the fertile Beqaa Valley, west of B ...

* Saitaniq River * Kasmieh River *

Blue Line (Lebanon) The Blue Line is a demarcation line between Lebanon and Israel and Lebanon and the Golan Heights published by the United Nations on 7 June 2000 for the purposes of determining whether Israel had fully withdrawn from Lebanon. It has been describe ...

* Beaufort Castle *

Palestinian refugee camps Camps are set up by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to accommodate Palestinian refugees registered with UNRWA, who fled or were expelled during the 1948 Palestinian ...

in Lebanon, including

Ain al-Hilweh Ain al-Hilweh ( ar, عين الحلوة, lit. meaning "sweet natural spring"), also spelled as Ayn al-Hilweh and Ein al-Hilweh, is the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. It had a population of over 70,000 Palestinian refugees but swell ...

Nabatieh camp Nabatieh ( ar, نبطية) was a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon. In May and June 1974, the Israeli Air Force bombed the camp, reducing most of it to rubble and dispersing the survivors, many of whom were moved to Ein el-Helweh. Th ...

and Wavel *

Ras al-Ain, Lebanon Ras el Ain ( ar, راس العين) (Lit. Fountain-head; The head of the Spring) is a place abounding with immense fountains, with reservoirs and aqueducts south of Tyre, and ca. south of Beirut, in the South Governorate (Liban-Sud), in the mun ...

References

External links

South Lebanon Website
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