Lala, Lebanon Explained

Official Name:	Lala, Lebanon
Native Name:	لالا
Settlement Type:	Village
Pushpin Map:	Lebanon
Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Lebanon
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Lebanon
Subdivision Type1:	Governorate
Subdivision Name1:	Beqaa Governorate
Subdivision Type2:	District
Subdivision Name2:	Western Beqaa
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Area Total Km2:	13.74
Timezone:	EET
Utc Offset:	+2
Timezone Dst:	+3
Coordinates:	33.6003°N 35.7622°W
Elevation M:	1120

Lala (ar|لالا), is a village located in the Western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as Lala; a Sunni Muslim village in the Beqaa Valley.^[1] It remains a Sunni Muslim village in modern times.^[2]

The 2,500 residents of Lala relied on the village's 7,500 emigrants living abroad for 70% of their income.^[3]

Bibliography

• Book: Robinson. E.. Edward Robinson (scholar). Smith. E.. Eli Smith. 1841. Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Boston. Crocker & Brewster. 3.

External links

• Lala, localiban

Notes and References

1. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 141
2. Web site: 23 November 2017 . Lala . https://web.archive.org/web/20240302212250/https://www.libandata.org/en/towns/lala . 2 March 2024 . 4 November 2024 . Libandata.
3. Book: Arsan, Andrew . Lebanon: a country in fragments . 2018 . Hurst & Company . 978-1-84904-700-5 . First published in the United Kingdom . London . 224.