Burj Qallawiyah
Village in Nabatieh
Burj Qallawiyah برج قلويه | |
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village | |
33°15′38″N 35°25′08″E / 33.26056°N 35.41889°E / 33.26056; 35.41889 | |
Grid position | 189/296 PAL |
Country | Lebanon |
Governorate | Nabatieh |
District | Bint Jbeil |
Elevation | 470 m (1,540 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Dialing code | +961 |
Burj Qallawiyah (Arabic: برج قلويه) is a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon.
Name
According to E. H. Palmer, the name Burj el Alawei means "the tower of the Alawei".[1]
History
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Burj Alawei as: “A village, built of stone, containing about 300 Metawileh, situated on upland, with a few olives, figs, and some arable land round. The water supply is from a well and spring.”[2]
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
- Borj Qalaouiyeh, Localiban
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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