Zalloutieh ( ar, الزلوطية) is a local authority in
Southern Lebanon
Southern Lebanon () is the area of Lebanon comprising the South Governorate and the Nabatiye Governorate. The two entities were divided from the same province in the early 1990s. The Rashaya and Western Beqaa Districts, the southernmost distri ...
, located in
Tyre District
The Tyre District is a district in the South Governorate of Lebanon.
History Ancient history
Founded at the start of the third millennium BC, Tyre originally consisted of a mainland settlement and a modest island city that lay a short distance o ...
, Governorate of South Lebanon. It is a Sunni Muslim village.
Name
According to
E. H. Palmer, ''Kh. Zallûtiyeh'' means ''the ruin of pebbles''.
History
In 1881, the
PEF's
''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) found "large heaps of small stones" at ''Kh. Zallûtiyeh''.
Presently, ''Zalloutieh'' is listed as a Lebanese local authority in the
Tyre District
The Tyre District is a district in the South Governorate of Lebanon.
History Ancient history
Founded at the start of the third millennium BC, Tyre originally consisted of a mainland settlement and a modest island city that lay a short distance o ...
.
Zalloutieh
Localiban
References
Bibliography
*
*
External links
Localiban
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 3
IAAWikimedia commons
{{Tyre District
Populated places in Tyre District
Sunni Muslim communities in Lebanon