| Ebba, Lebanon | |
| Native Name: | عبا |
| Native Name Lang: | ara |
| Settlement Type: | village |
| Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Map showing the location of ebba within Lebanon |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Lebanon |
| Coordinates: | 33.36°N 35.4°W |
| Grid Position: | 118/158 L |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nabatieh Governorate |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nabatieh District |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.42 |
| Elevation Min M: | 200 |
| Elevation Max M: | 300 |
| Population Total: | 8000 |
| 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 |
Ebba, also known as Aabba and Ubba (Arabic: عبا; Syriac: ܥܒܐ), is a village in the Nabatieh Governorate region of southern Lebanon located between Nabatieh and Tyr, north of the Litani River.
There are many possibilities in determining the origin of the word "ebba; aba or ubba". They are either Syriac word "ܥ ܒ ܐ" may mean forest; or Arabic is derived from the word "ALEBB / العِبّ"; or linked to on behalf of a tribe or family "Abbou /عِبّو". But among the common people of the town that the word back to the original Syriac means the forest.
In 1875 Victor Guérin found the village to have 300 Metuali inhabitants.[1]
The village is located approximately 12 kilometers from Nabatieh and 84 kilometers from Beirut, and rises approximately 250 –300 meters from the sea level.
The total area of this village is 7.42 km2, about 35% of the area of town occupied by full of buildings and institutions and the rest divided between agricultural land, republic land and WAQF land. The cultivated area is about 55% of the limits of the town, while the estimated length of the road network is about 35 km linear.
Several valleys separate EBBA from the nearest villages: Ansar, Doueir, Jebchit, Harouf, Adchit and Zrarieh.
EBBA, is a majority Shia Muslims village with 9000 as a total population.
The name of families living in EBBA:
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There are two schools in the village, one private school and one intermediate public school.
. Victor Guérin. Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. 1880. L'Imprimerie Nationale. Paris. French.