Hajjeh, Lebanon Explained

Official Name:Hajjeh
Native Name:حجة
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Lebanon
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Lebanon
Subdivision Name1:South Governorate
Subdivision Name2:Sidon
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Type2:District
Timezone1 Dst:EET
Coordinates:33.4782°N 35.381°W
Area Total Ha:270
Elevation M:90

Hajjeh (Arabic: حجة, also transliterated Hajje, Hajjeh, al-Hejjeh, al-Hijjeh, Alhaja, Hadja[1]) is a village located at the Zahrani River in the Sidon District (Saida Caza) of the South Governorate in Lebanon, about 56 kilometers South of the national capital Beirut.[2]

History

In 1875 Victor Guérin found the village to be located on the southern part of a valley, and inhabited by 350 Maronites.[3]

In June 2003, Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage - who was born in Hajjeh in 1943 - was elected Archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre. In September of that year he was confirmed by the Holy See and his ordaination took place on 29 November 2003.[4]

In the July 2006 Lebanon War between Israel and Hezbollah the town bridge was destroyed in bombardments by the Israeli Air Force (IAF).[5]

In November 2020, the Synod of Bishops of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch announced that it accepted El-Hage's age-related resignation and that it had elected Charbel Abdallah as his successor. Abdallah was born in 1967 and hails from Hajjeh as well.[6]

People from Hajjeh

Bibliography

. Victor Guérin. Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. 1880. L'Imprimerie Nationale. Paris. French.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Arkin, William M.. Divining Victory: Airpower in the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War. Air University Press. 2011. 978-1105051470. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. 267.
  2. Web site: Localiban. Hajjeh - Localiban. 2020-11-10. www.localiban.org. en.
  3. Guérin, 1880, p. 517
  4. Web site: Archbishop Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage [Catholic-Hierarchy]]. 2020-11-10. www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
  5. Book: Khoury, Ricardo. Lebanon Rapid Environmental Assessment for Greening Recovery, Reconstruction and Reform - 2006. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Lebanon. 2007. Beirut. 111.
  6. Web site: November 1, 2020. From the Oriental Churches. 2020-11-10. press.vatican.va. Holy See Press Office.