Qlaiaa

Qlaiaa
القليعة
Village
Qlayaa
Qlayaa
Map showing the location of Qabrikha within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Qabrikha within Lebanon
Qlaiaa
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°19′45″N 35°33′57″E / 33.32917°N 35.56583°E / 33.32917; 35.56583
Grid position133/155 L
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNabatieh Governorate
DistrictMarjeyoun District
Elevation
660 m (2,170 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

Qlaiaa (Arabic: القليعة) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon. The inhabitants are mainly Maronite Christians.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "the little castle".[1]

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Qlaiaa's population as Maronite.[2]

In 1870 Victor Guérin found the village to have 400 Maronite inhabitants.[3]

In 1881, the PEF'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."[4] Note that a birket is a pool of water.

See also

References

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 29
  2. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 137
  3. ^ Guerin, 1880, p. 279
  4. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 89

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