Deyrintar | |
Native Name: | دير انطار |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map showing the location of Deyritar 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 |
Deyrintar (Dayr Antar, Deir Intar, Arabic: دير انطار) is a small village in Southern Lebanon in the Bint Jbeil District in Nabatieh Governorate.
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: Tebnine, As-Sultaniyah, Bir El Sanasel, Majadel, Mahrouna, Mazraat Mechref, Hariss, Kafr Dunin, and other southern villages.
E. H. Palmer wrote that the name means "the convent of arches".[1]
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]
Mayor: Mr. Amir Dayekh
The most prominent landmarks:
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.