Beit Lif (Arabic: بيت ليف) is a municipality in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon.
Beit Lif
بيت ليف | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Beit Lif Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°8′1″N 35°19′58″E / 33.13361°N 35.33278°E | |
| Grid position | 181/282 PAL |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
| District | Bint Jbeil District |
| Elevation | 530 m (1,740 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961(7) |
Etymology
editAccording to E. H. Palmer, the name means "the house of lif" (palm-fibre).[1]
History
editIn 1852, Edward Robinson noted that the year before, a quantity of gold coin were found at Beit Lif, which was taken to Beirut and given to the Pasha. He further noted that the people were planting millet and tobacco.[2]
In 1875, Victor Guérin found here a village with 80 Metuali inhabitants.[3]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing about 150 Moslems [..] situated on a hill-top, with a few olives and arable land. Two cisterns and a birket near supply the water."[4]
On 23 November 1997 a South Lebanon Army compound on the edge of the village came under artillery fire. Eight civilians were killed. Amal was believed to be responsible for the shelling.[5]
Demographics
editIn 2014 Muslims made up 99.80% of registered voters in Beit Lif. 97.74% of the voters were Shiite Muslims. [6]
References
edit- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 68
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1856, p. 62
- ^ Guérin, 1880, pp. 415-416
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 201
- ^ Middle East International No 564, 5 December 1997; Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Michael Jansen pp.13-14
- ^ https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/بنت-جبيل/بيت-ليف/المذاهب/
Bibliography
edit- 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.
- Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 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.
- Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1856). Later Biblical Researches in Palestine and adjacent regions: A Journal of Travels in the year 1852. London: John Murray.
External links
edit- Beit Lif, Localiban
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 4: IAA, Wikimedia commons
