Official Name: | Haouch Tall Safiyeh |
Native Name: | حوش تل صفية |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lebanon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Baalbek-Hermel Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Baalbek District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 5.05 |
Population Total: | 2,000 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 34.025°N 36.1397°W |
Elevation M: | 1,025 |
Tell Safiyeh | |
Native Name: | حوش تل صفية |
Region: | Bekaa Valley |
Type: | Tell |
Cultures: | Neolithic |
Excavations: | 1933, 1954, 1957, 1966 |
Archaeologists: | A. Jirku, A. Kuschke, Lorraine Copeland |
Condition: | Ruins |
Public Access: | Yes |
Haouch Tall Safiyeh or Haouch Tal Safiya (حوش تل صفية) is a village and an archaeological site 3 km southwest of Yaate near Baalbek in Baalbek-Hermel Governorate. It dates at least to the Neolithic period.[1] The village is mostly Shiite, with 499 Shiite voters, 171 Maronites and 14 Sunnis.[2]
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Haush Tell Safiyeh as a Metawileh village in the Baalbek area.[3]