Official Name: | Ain El Delb |
Native Name: | عين الدلب |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lebanon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | South Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Sidon District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 33.5411°N 35.3883°W |
Ain El Delb (عين الدلب) is a small village in the Sidon District of the South Governorate in Lebanon.
In 1875 Victor Guérin found the village to be inhabited by Maronites.[1]
On 29 September 2024, Israeli airstikes on a residential building killed 32 people, and wounded another 53, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health[2]
. Victor Guérin. Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. 1880. L'Imprimerie Nationale. Paris. French.