Shebaa

Chebaa

شبعا
Chebaa شبعا
Village
	Chebaa, in 1998
	Chebaa Location within Lebanon
	Coordinates: 33°20′55″N 35°44′55″E / 33.34861°N 35.74861°E
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Nabatieh Governorate
District	Hasbaya District
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code	+961

Chebaa (Template:Lang-ar; also transliterated Shebaa) is a town on the south-eastern tip of Lebanon. It has a largely Sunni Muslim population of 25,000 people. It is situated at an altitude of approximately 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above sea level; spread across two steep rocky mountainsides.^[1] It lies adjacent to the contested Shebaa farms—which sit between the town and the Golan Heights.^[2] Before 1967, residents of Shebaa farmed in the disputed Shebaa farms territory.^[3]

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Chebaa 's population as being Sunni Muslim and Greek Orthodox Christians.^[5]

As of 2015, the town housed several thousand Syrian refugees.^[6]

Educational Establishments

Educational establishments	Chebaa (Hasbaiya) (2005-2006)	Lebanon (2005-2006)
Number of Schools	4	2788
Public School	2	1763
Private School	2	1025
Students schooled in the public schools	435	439905
Students schooled in the private schools	145	471409

References

^ Nour Samaha (2 Jul 2013). "The strange case of Lebanon's Shebaa". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
^ Krista Eileen Wiegand (2011). Enduring Territorial Disputes: Strategies of Bargaining, Coercive Diplomacy, and Settlement (illustrated ed.). University of Georgia Press. p. 146. ISBN 9780820337388.
^ Krista Eileen Wiegand (2011). Enduring Territorial Disputes: Strategies of Bargaining, Coercive Diplomacy, and Settlement (illustrated ed.). University of Georgia Press. pp. 157–8. ISBN 9780820337388.
^ Wilson, 1881, vol 2, p. 129
^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 138
^ Samya Kullab; Ghinwa Obeid (27 Feb 2015). "Shebaa, the town caught in the middle". The Daily Star. Retrieved 12 June 2015.

Bibliography

Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
Wilson, C.W., ed. (c. 1881). Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt. Vol. 2. New York: D. Appleton.

External links

Localliban: Centre de resource sur le developpement local: www.localiban.org

[1] Nour Samaha (2 Jul 2013). "The strange case of Lebanon's Shebaa". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 12 June 2015.

[2] Krista Eileen Wiegand (2011). Enduring Territorial Disputes: Strategies of Bargaining, Coercive Diplomacy, and Settlement (illustrated ed.). University of Georgia Press. p. 146. ISBN 9780820337388.

[3] Krista Eileen Wiegand (2011). Enduring Territorial Disputes: Strategies of Bargaining, Coercive Diplomacy, and Settlement (illustrated ed.). University of Georgia Press. pp. 157–8. ISBN 9780820337388.

[4] Wilson, 1881, vol 2, p. 129

[5] Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 138

[6] Samya Kullab; Ghinwa Obeid (27 Feb 2015). "Shebaa, the town caught in the middle". The Daily Star. Retrieved 12 June 2015.

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v t e Hasbaya District, Nabatieh Governorate
Capital	Hasbaya
Towns and villages	Abu Qamha Ain Jarfa Ain Qenia Al-Dalafa Al-Majidiyah Al-Mari Berghoz Shouaya Al-Fardis Al-Hebbariyah Kaukaba Kfar Shouba Kfar Hamam Al-Kfeir Al-Khalouat Marj al-Zuhour Mimess Rashaya al-Foukhar Shebaa
Other	Qasr Chbib Khalwat al-Bayada