Qalaouiyeh
Village in Nabatieh
Qalaouiyeh قلويه | |
---|---|
village | |
33°15′19″N 35°25′03″E / 33.25528°N 35.41750°E / 33.25528; 35.41750 | |
Grid position | 189/295 PAL |
Country | Lebanon |
Governorate | Nabatieh |
District | Bint Jbeil |
Elevation | 400 m (1,300 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Dialing code | +961 |
Qalaouiyeh (Arabic: قلويه) is a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon.
Name
According to E. H. Palmer, the name Kalawei comes from the ancient Kelabo.[1]
History
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Burj Alawei as: “A village, built of stone, on high ground, containing 150 Metawileh, surrounded by olives, fig-trees, and arable land. The water supply is from cisterns only."[2] They further noted: "Ancient remains and some lintels."[3]
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.
- 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
- Qalaouiyeh, Localiban
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- v
- t
- e
Capital: Bint Jbeil
- Ain Ebel
- Aitaroun
- At Tiri
- Aynata
- Ayta al-Jabal
- Ayta ash Shab
- Bayt Lif
- Bayt Yahoun
- Brashit
- Burj Qallawiyah
- Dayr Antar
- Debel
- Frun
- Ghanduriyah
- Haddatha
- Hanine
- Haris
- Jumayjimah
- Kafra
- Kafr Dunin
- Khirbet Selm
- Kunin
- Maroun al-Ras
- Qalaouiyeh
- Qaouzah
- Rachaf
- Ramyah
- Rmaich
- Safad al-Battikh
- Salhan
- Shaqra
- as-Sultaniyah
- Sribbin
- Tebnine
- Yaroun
- Yater