Srobbine Explained

Srobbine
Native Name:صربين
Native Name Lang:ara
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Lebanon
Pushpin Map Alt:Map showing the location of Yaroun within Lebanon
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Lebanon
Coordinates:33.1539°N 35.3589°W
Grid Position:183/284 PAL
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Nabatieh Governorate
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Bint Jbeil District
Elevation M:590
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

Srobbine, Surubbin, (Arabic: صربين ) is a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, Surubbin comes from a personal name.[1]

History

In 1852, Edward Robinson noted the village (Seribbin) on his travels in the region.[2]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "a small stone village, containing about eighty Metawileh, situated on hill-top, with olives and arable cultivation ; springs near, and cisterns and birket."[3]

Bibliography

. 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. 95
  2. Robinson and Smith, 1856, p. 61
  3. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 203