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Bint Jbeil District
The Bint Jbeil District is a district in the Nabatiyeh Governorate of Lebanon. The capital of the district is Bint Jbeil. Villages The following 36 municipalities are all located in the Bint Jbeil District: *Aynata * Aayta Ech Chaab * Aayta Ej Jabal (Zott) *Ain Ebel * Aaytaroun *At Tiri * Baraachit * Beit Lif * Beit Yahoun * Bent Jbayl * Borj Qalaouiyeh * Chaqra * Debl * Deir Ntar * Froun *Ghandouriyeh *Haddatha *Hanine * Hariss *Jmaijmeh * Kafra * Kfar Dounine *Khirbet Selm *Kounine * Maroun Er Ras * Qalaouiyeh *Qaouzah Qaouzah ( ar, القوزح) is a Lebanese village located in the Caza of Bint Jbeil in the Nabatiye Governorate in Lebanon. Geography Qaouzah occupies a hill with elevation ranging from 700 to 800 meters above sea level. The main agricultural ... * Rachaf * Ramiyeh (Bent Jbayl) * Rmaych * Safad El Battikh * Salhana * Soultaniyeh * Srobbine * Tibnine * Yaroun * Yater {{Lebanon-geo-stub Districts of Lebanon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governorates Of Lebanon
Lebanon is divided into nine governorates ('' muhafazah''). Each governorate is headed by a governor (''muhafiz''): All of the governorates except for Beirut and Akkar are divided into districts, which are further subdivided into municipalities. The newest governorate is Keserwan-Jbeil, which was gazetted on 7 September 2017 but whose first governor, Pauline Deeb, was not appointed until 2020. Implementation of the next most recently created governorates, Akkar and Baalbek-Hermel, also remains ongoing since the appointment of their first governors in 2014. See also * Politics of Lebanon Lebanon is a parliamentary democratic republic within the overall framework of confessionalism, a form of consociationalism in which the highest offices are proportionately reserved for representatives from certain religious communities. The ... References External links Lebanon 1 Governorates, Lebanon Governorates Subdivisions of Lebanon {{Lebanon-geo-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 mi) from the border with Israel. History In 1596, it was named as a village, ''Marun er-Ras,'' in the Ottoman ''nahiya'' (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the ''liwa''' (district) of Safad, with a population of 97 Muslim households. The villagers paid a fixed tax of 25% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, vineyards, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and an olive oil press; a total of 8,960 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 181 In 1838 Edward Robinson noted it as a village located on a higher hill than Yarun. In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it: "A stone village, with some large stones built into walls, containing about 150 Moslems, sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kounine
Kunin ( ar, كونين) is a Lebanese municipality located in Bint Jbeil District, south-east of Tebnine. Name E. H. Palmer wrote that the name ''Kunin'' came from a personal name. History In 1875, Victor Guérin gives the population of this place at 400, divided between Moslems and Metawileh. In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing about 200 Metawileh ; it is situated on ridge, with olives and arable land around ; water from cisterns in the village and from a large ''birket''." They further noted: "There are two round and two octagonal In geometry, an octagon (from the Greek ὀκτάγωνον ''oktágōnon'', "eight angles") is an eight-sided polygon or 8-gon. A '' regular octagon'' has Schläfli symbol and can also be constructed as a quasiregular truncated square, t, w ... pillars at this village, remains of old materials, and a lintel measuring 17' long and bearing a Greek inscrip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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) away from Beirut the capital of Lebanon. The village's elevation is 630 meters (2067.03 ft - 688.968 yd) above sea level. Khirbet Selm surface stretches for 379 hectares (12.60 km² - 9.46294 mi²). Name The name of the town means "the ruins of Selem". ''Khirbeh'' means ruins, and Selem is likely Salem, a Canaanite deity. History In 1875 Victor Guérin described it: “In the middle of a deep and broad ravine the Wady el-Hadjr, a sort of rocky islet lying north and south. Oblong and narrow, it serves as the site of a village called Kh. Selem, which contains a population of 130 Metawileh Lebanese Shia Muslims ( ar, المسلمون الشيعة اللبنانيين), historically known as ''matāwila'' ( ar, متا� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Jbeil district of Nabatieh Governorate. Its population is 6000 people. History In 1875 Victor Guérin noted: "Near a little mosque are well-cut stones, the remains of a demolished church, of which there also survive fragments of monolithic columns and several broken capitals, strewing the soil in several places, and especially near the Sheikh's house.' He estimated that the village had 350 to 400 Metawileh inhabitants. In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing about 150 Metawileh, on a hill, surrounded by figs, olives, and arable land. The water is obtained from a spring near and cisterns in the village." At the beginning of March 1986 a Ghanaian soldier serving with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Muslim community of ''Jabal Amel''. The village sits on an elevation of above sea level. History In the 1596 Ottoman tax records, the village, named ''Kfür Tıbnin'' was located in the Ottoman ''nahiya'' (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the ''liwa''' (district) of Safad, with a population of 51 households and 12 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as wheat (4,290 akçe), barley (490 akçe), vineyards and fruit trees (1,560 akçe), goats and beehives (530 akçe), in addition to "occasional revenues" (300 akçe); a total of 7,170 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 179 In 1856 it was named ''Kefra'' on Kiepert's map of Palestine/Lebanon published that year, while in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jmaijmeh
Jumayjimah ( ar, جميجمة) is a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon, located north-east of Tebnine. Name According to E. H. Palmer, the name El Jumeijmeh comes from "The little sculls". History In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it: "A small village of stone and mud, containing about 100 Metawileh, situated on hill-top, with a few olives and figs around. Water supply from cisterns." On 29 September 1992, following an attack on a South Lebanon Army outpost in Rachaf, Hizbullah fighters shot their way through a Unifil checkpoint at Jumayjimah. One Irish soldier was killed, bring the total number of Unifil soldiers killed to 187, 33 of them from Ireland.Middle East International Middle or The Middle may refer to: * Centre (geometry), the point equally distant from the outer limits. Places * Middle (sheading), a subdivision of the Isle of Man * Middle Bay (other) * Middle Brook (other) * Middle Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hariss
Hariss (or Haris) ( ar, حاريص) is a village, in the region of South Lebanon. Name According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "guarded". History 'Here there appear to be no vestiges of ancient constructions, except a circular cistern cut in the rock. Guérin suggests that it may be the site of the ancient Harosheth.' (). "This identification is strengthened by the fact that the same word which occurs in the name Kir Haroseth, the modern Kerak, exists in the present local dialect in Moab, under the same form, Harith or Haris." Ottoman era In the 1596 tax record, it was named as a village, ''Haris,'' in the Ottoman ''nahiya'' (subdistrict) of Tebnine under the ''liwa''' (district) of Safad, with a population of 102 households and 8 bachelor, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, vegetable and fruit garden, orchard, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and a press for olive oi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanine
Hanine ( ar, حانين) is a Lebanese municipality located in the Bint Jbeil District. Name E. H. Palmer wrote that the name Hanine came from a personal name. However, the name has Semitic - Arabic roots, which means "Mercy". History In 1875, Victor Guérin found the village to have 250 Metuali inhabitants. In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it as: "A small village, built of stone; 100 Moslems; on end of rocky ridge, with vineyards and arable land; water from 'Ain Hanin in the valley below." They further noted: "This is evidently an ancient site ; the rock to the south of the village is cut into cisterns ; tombs with side and end on kokim loculi; sarcophagi A sarcophagus (plural sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a box-like funeral receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried. The word ''sarcophagus'' comes from the Greek ... or tombs covered with flat li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haddatha
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 a population of 52 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues”; a total of 4,640 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 184 In 1838, Edward Robinson noted the village on his travels in the region. In 1875, Victor Guérin found the population to be exclusively Metualis. In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described ''Haddatha'': "A village, built of stone, containing about 150 Metawileh Lebanese Shia Muslims ( ar, المسلمون الشيعة اللبنانيين), historically known as ''matāwila'' ( ar, متاولة, plural of ''mutawālin'' ebanese pronounced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the name came from a local form connected with “much sand”. History In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described ''Aidib'' as: "A small village, built of stone and mud, situated on the slope of a hill and surrounded by a few fig-trees and olives. It contains about ninety Metawileh, and is supplied with water from three rock-cut cisterns and a spring." During the 2006 Israeli offensive against Hizbollah Hezbollah (; ar, حزب الله ', , also transliterated Hizbullah or Hizballah, among others) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group, led by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah since 1992. Hezbollah's paramili ... Israeli Nahal commandos were airlifted into Ghanduriyah. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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