Cheikh Taba Explained

Cheikh Taba
Native Name:	الشيخ طابا
Native Name Lang:	ara
Settlement Type:	village
Pushpin Map:	Lebanon
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:
Subdivision Type1:	Governorate
Subdivision Name1:	Akkar
Subdivision Type2:	District
Subdivision Name2:	Akkar
Coordinates:	34.5331°N 36.0778°W
Area Footnotes:	^[1]
Area Total Km2:	1.74
Elevation M:	220
Population Total:	1635 eligible voters
Population As Of:	2009
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone1:	EET
Utc Offset1:	+2
Timezone1 Dst:	EEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:	+3
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Area Code Type:	Dialing code
Area Code:	+961

Cheikh Taba (Arabic: الشيخ طابا) is a town in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon, close to the border with Syria.

The population in Cheikh Taba are mostly Greek Orthodox and Maronite.^[2]

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted the village as esh-Sheikh Taba, whose inhabitants were Greek Orthodox Christians, located west of esh-Sheikh Mohammed.^[3]

In 1856 it was named Sheikh Taba on the map of Northern Palestine/Lebanon that Heinrich Kiepert published that year.^[4]

Bibliography

• Book: Robinson. E.. Edward Robinson (scholar). Smith. E.. Eli Smith. 1841. Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Boston. Crocker & Brewster. 3.

External links

• Cheikh Taba, Localiban

Notes and References

1. http://www.localiban.org/cheikh-taba-701 Cheikh Taba
2. Web site: Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon . The Monthly . 17 August 2021 . 16, 21 . March 2010 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160603040803/http://www.localiban.org/IMG/pdf/iiMonthly-Municip-Mar10-E92.pdf . 3 June 2016 .
3. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 183
4. Kiepert, 1856, Map of Northern Palestine/Lebanon