Qlaiaa

Qlaiaa
القليعة
Village
Map showing the location of Qabrikha within Lebanon
Qlaiaa
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°19′41″N 35°33′58″E / 33.32806°N 35.56611°E / 33.32806; 35.56611Coordinates: 33°19′41″N 35°33′58″E / 33.32806°N 35.56611°E / 33.32806; 35.56611
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

  1. ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 29
  2. ↑ Guerin, 1880, p. 279
  3. ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 89

Bibliography

  • Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
  • Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 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.
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