Deir Intar | |
Native Name: | دير انطار |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map showing the location of Deir Intar within Lebanon |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Lebanon |
Coordinates: | 33.2186°N 35.3758°W |
Grid Position: | 185/291 PAL |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Nabatieh |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Bint Jbeil |
Elevation Min M: | 540 |
Elevation Max M: | 670 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | EET |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +3 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | +961 |
Deir Intar (Dayr Antar, Deir Entar, ar|دير انطار) is a municipality in Southern Lebanon in the Bint Jbeil District in Nabatieh Governorate.
E. H. Palmer wrote that the name means "the convent of arches".[1]
It is about 110km (70miles) south of Beirut and 25km (16miles) east of Tyre, in the heart of what is known as "Jabal Amel".
Its main features include a cave, a main square, and 3 mosques.
The village is surrounded several villages including: Tibnin, As-Sultaniyah, Bir El Sanasel, Al-Majadel, Mahrouna, Mazraat Meshref, Haris, Kfar Dounin, and other southern villages.
In 1875 Victor Guérin visited and found here 160 Metualis.[2] He further noted: "Most of the houses show a mixture of old hewn stones and modern materials without character. Several tombs, cisterns, a great press, with two compartments, and a rock-cut tank point to a period of more or less antiquity.'[3]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: A village, built of stone, containing about 150 Metawileh, situated on a hill, surrounded by olives, fig-trees, and arable land, with waters supplied from birket and cisterns.[4]
On 4 November 2024, Israeli warplanes launched two missiles at Deir Intar Square, neither of which exploded.[5]
In 2014 Muslims made up 98.91% of registered voters in Deir Intar. 97.86% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[6]
Mayor: Mr. Rida Redwan Hojeij
There are mosques:
The Imam or khatib of Deyrintar are:
. 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.