Aalma ech Chaab

Aalma ech Chaab علما الشعب Alma ash-Shab
Village
Aalma ech Chaab
Coordinates: 33°06′18.4″N 35°10′15.6″E
Grid position	167/278 PAL
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	South Governorate
District	Tyre
Highest elevation	1,250 ft (380 m)
Time zone	GMT +3

Aalma ech Chaab (علما الشعب) is a village in the Tyre District, in Southern Lebanon.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, ’Alma means "a coat of mail"; while Shảub means "mountain spurs".

History

In 1875, during the late Ottoman era, Victor Guérin found here a village with 350 inhabitants, mostly Greek Orthodox, or Maronite.

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: “A large Christian village, containing about 500 inhabitants. The houses are clean and well built. There are two chapels, and the place seems increasing in size. It is situated on a ridge, with figs, olives, and pomegranates and arable land around. To the east and north the land is covered with brushwood. There is a spring within reach, and about thirty rock-cut cisterns in the village.”

Bibliography

• Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
• Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
• Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.

External links

• Aalma ech Chaab, Localiban
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 3: IAA, Wikimedia commons