Kunin, Lebanon Explained

Kunin
Native Name:كونين
Native Name Lang:ara
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Lebanon
Pushpin Map Alt:Map showing the location of Yater within Lebanon
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Lebanon
Coordinates:33.1489°N 35.4381°W
Grid Position:191/283 PAL
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Nabatieh Governorate
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Bint Jbeil District
Elevation M:710
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

Kunin (Arabic: كونين) is a municipality in Lebanon located in Bint Jbeil District, south-east of Tebnine.

Name

E. H. Palmer wrote that the name Kunin came from a personal name.[1]

History

In 1875, Victor Guérin gives the population of this place at 400, divided between Moslems and Metawileh.[2]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing about 200Metawileh ; it is situated on ridge, with olives and arable land around ; water from cisterns in the village and from a large birket."[3] They further noted: "There are two round and two octagonal pillars at this village, remains of old materials, and a lintel measuring 17' long and bearing a Greek inscription. There are also several cisterns and a large birkeh. The inscription on the lintel is probably the common formula, KYPIE BOHΘH ("Help, Lord")."[4]

In March 2024, senior Hezbollah commander in the elite Redwan force, Ismail al-Zin, was killed by an Israeli drone strike in Kunin.[5]

Bibliography

. 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 87
  2. Guérin, 1880, p. 375; as given in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 202
  3. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 202
  4. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 250
  5. News: Fabian . Emanuel . 2024-03-31 . IDF: Top Hezbollah operative killed in south Lebanon strike; soldier hurt by rocket . Times of Israel.