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 EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
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]

References

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

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