Aabbassiyeh Explained

Aabbassiyeh
Native Name:عباسيّة
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Lebanon
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Lebanon
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:South Governorate
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Tyre
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Land Sq Mi:6.8
Elevation M:170
Timezone:GMT +3
Coordinates:33.2986°N 35.2831°W
Grid Position:107/151 L

Aabbassiyeh (Arabic: عباسيّة ) is a town in the Tyre District in South Lebanon.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name Aabbassiyeh came from the proper name ‘Abbâs, the uncle of the prophet.[1]

Location

Aabbassiyeh is located in the South Governorate, Tyre District. It is 150 m above sea level and 84 kilometers to the southwest of Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, and 14 km from the center of its district Tyre.

History

In 1875, Victor Guérin estimated the population to be 600 Metawileh.[2]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "A stone-built village, containing 400 Metawileh, built on a ridge, the ground around it is cultivated for barley, etc., and there are groves of figs and olives. The water supply is derived from a large pool to the north, and a good spring built up with masonry, also to the north of the village; there are no antiquities, and only a few cisterns."[3]

Notable people

Bibliography

. Victor Guérin. Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. 1880. L'Imprimerie Nationale. Paris. French.

. Edward Henry Palmer. 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

Notes and References

  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 1
  2. Guérin, 1880, p. 249
  3. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 47
  4. Web site: Houssein Rizk - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive. 2020-11-23. globalsportsarchive.com.