Qlaiaa
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Qlaiaa
القليعة | |
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Village | |
  Qlaiaa Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°19′41″N 35°33′58″E / 33.32806°N 35.56611°E | |
| Grid position | 133/155 L |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
| District | Marjeyoun District |
| Elevation | 660 m (2,170 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
Qlaiaa (Arabic: القليعة) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon.
Name
According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "the little castle".[1]
History
In 1870 Victor Guérin found the village to have 400 Maronite inhabitants.[2]
In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, containing about 1 50 Christians ; it contains a church, and is situated on a ridge, with vineyards, olives, figs, and arable land around ; it has a birket and spring near."[3] Note that a birket is a pool of water.
See also
References
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
- Qlaiaa, Localiban
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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