| Tayr Debba | |
| Native Name: | طير دبّا |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Lebanon |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | South |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tyre |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.78 |
| Elevation M: | 200 |
| Elevation Max M: | 420 |
| Timezone: | GMT +3 |
| Coordinates: | 33.2742°N 35.2786°W |
| Grid Position: | 176/297 PAL |
Tayr Debba (Arabic: طير دبّا) is a small town in the Tyre District in the South Governorate of Lebanon, located 7 kilometres east of Tyre and 88 kilometers south of Beirut.[1] Its total land area consists of 578 hectares and its average elevation is 200 meters above sea level.[1] There are two schools, one public and the other private, in Tayr Debba which collectively enrolled a total of 607 students in 2006.[1]
According to E. H. Palmer, Teir Dubbeh means "the fortress of the bear".[2]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village built of stone, containing 250 Metawileh, situated on a ridge surrounded by olives and fig-trees and arable land. There are three cisterns in the village."[3]
Tayr Debba is the hometown of the Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh, who was assassinated in 2008.[4]
. 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.
