Chebaa (Hasbaiya)

Chebaa
شبعا
Village
Chebaa, in the 1880s[2]
Map showing the location of Kfarhamam within Lebanon
Chebaa
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°20′55″N 35°44′55″E / 33.34861°N 35.74861°E / 33.34861; 35.74861Coordinates: 33°20′55″N 35°44′55″E / 33.34861°N 35.74861°E / 33.34861; 35.74861
Country  Lebanon
Governorate Nabatieh Governorate
District Hasbaya District
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code +961

Chebaa (Arabic: شبعا‎; 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.[3] It lies adjacent to the contested Shebaa farms—which sit between the town and the Golan Heights.[4] Before 1967, residents of Shebaa farmed in the disputed Shebaa farms territory.[5]

The town houses several thousand Syrian refugees.[6]

Educational Establishments

Educational establishmentsChebaa (Hasbaiya) (2005-2006)Lebanon (2005-2006)
Number of Schools42788
Public School21763
Private School21025
Students schooled in the public schools435439905
Students schooled in the private schools145471409

References

  1. ↑ Wilson, 1881, vol 2, p. 129
  2. ↑ Wilson, 1881, vol 2, p. 129
  3. ↑ Nour Samaha (2 Jul 2013). "The strange case of Lebanon's Shebaa". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Krista Eileen Wiegand (2011). Enduring Territorial Disputes: Strategies of Bargaining, Coercive Diplomacy, and Settlement (illustrated ed.). University of Georgia Press. p. 146. ISBN 9780820337388.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Samya Kullab; Ghinwa Obeid (27 Feb 2015). "Shebaa, the town caught in the middle". The Daily Star. Retrieved 12 June 2015.

Bibliography

  • Wilson, C.W., ed. (c. 1881). Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt. 2. New York: D. Appleton.
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