Hisah Explained
| Hisah |
| Native Name: | حيصا |
| Native Name Lang: | ara |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Map showing the location of Hisah within Lebanon |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Lebanon |
| Coordinates: | 34.5964°N 36.0547°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Akkar |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Akkar |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.10 |
| Elevation M: | 30 |
| Population Total: | 1756 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 |
Hisah (Hokr el Haïssa,[2] Haysa, Hayssa, El Haïssa, Hisa, Arabic: حيصا) is a northern Lebanese village in Akkar Governorate, close to the Syrian border. It is mostly inhabited by Alawites[3] [4] and Sunni Muslims.[5]
History
The history of the village goes back to the days of the Banu Hilal tribe, and it is named after the horse of Abu-Zayd al-Hilali.
In the late 1620s or early 1630s, the Druze strongman of and Ottoman governor Fakhr al-Din II planted a large grove of mulberry trees in Hisah, as well as Tripoli, as part of his efforts to stimulate the burgeoning silk industry of Mount Lebanon.[6]
In 1838, Eli Smith noted the village, whose inhabitants were Alawites, located west of esh-Sheikh Mohammed.[7]
During the 2006 Lebanon War, a bridge in the village was bombed by Israeli planes, leaving up to 12 people dead.[8] [9] [10]
Bibliography
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.localiban.org/article4706.html Hayssa
- , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- News: Staff. 31 July 2008. Lebanon: Displaced families struggle on both sides of sectarian divide. RefWorld. United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR). https://web.archive.org/web/20121019062337/http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4896c47526.html. 19 October 2012. live.
- Mohammed Ali Hussein, mayor of Hisa, estimates around 500 Allawi families have had their homes damaged and perhaps half of all Jebel Mohsen’s 50,000 residents have been displaced. News: Macleod, Hugh . Aysha, Rami. A perfect storm in Tripoli. 17 August 2008. The Sunday Herald. https://web.archive.org/web/20100802044634/http://www.hughmacleod.co.uk/stormtripoli.htm. 2 August 2010. dead.
- Web site: Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon . The Monthly . 4 November 2016 . 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 .
- Book: Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
. Abu-Husayn . Abdul-Rahim . Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn . Provincial Leaderships in Syria, 1575–1650 . 1985 . American University of Beirut . Beirut . 978-0-8156-6072-9 . 242675094 . 49 (note 97).
- Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 183
- Meanwhile, up to 12 people are reported to have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a bridge in Balenat al-Hissa in northern Lebanon, near the Syrian border. News: Staff. Olmert approves widening of offensive. 12 August 2006. RTÉ News.
- News: Shams, Doha. 3 January 2013. A World of Outsiders in Lebanon's Akkar. Al-Akhbar. Beirut, Lebanon. 3 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083420/http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/world-outsiders-lebanons-akkar. 4 March 2016. dead.
- Web site: Why They Died: Civilian Casualties in Lebanon during the 2006 War . Human Rights Watch . en . 5 September 2007.
