Official Name: | Tanbourit |
Native Name: | طنبوريت |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lebanon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | South Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Sidon District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Land Km2: | 2.87 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 33.5158°N 35.415°W |
Elevation M: | 300 |
Tanbourit (Arabic: طنبوريت) is a village in the Sidon District of the South Governorate in Lebanon. It is located from Beirut.[1]
In 1875 Victor Guérin traveled in the region, and noted the village Tanbourit "beyond a ravine". The inhabitants were Maronites.[2]
. Victor Guérin. Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. 1880. L'Imprimerie Nationale. Paris. French.