Southern Lebanon






"South Lebanon" redirects here. For other uses, see South Lebanon (disambiguation).

Southern Lebanon (Lebanese Arabic: Jnoub, meaning "south") is the area of Lebanon comprising the South Governorate and the Nabatiye Governorate. The two entities were divided from the same province in the early 1990s. The Rashaya and Western Beqaa Districts, the southernmost districts of the Beqaa Governorate, in Southern Lebanon are sometimes included.


The main cities of the region are Sidon, Tyre, Jezzine and Nabatiyeh. The cazas of Bint Jbeil, Tyre, and Nabatieh in Southern Lebanon are known for their large Shi'a Muslim population with a minority of Christians. Sidon is predominantly Sunni, with the rest of the caza of Sidon having a Shi'a Muslim majority, with a considerable Christian minority, mainly Melkite Greek Catholics. The cazas of Jezzine and Marjeyoun have a Christian majority and also Shia Muslims. The villages of Ain Ebel, Debel, Qaouzah, and Rmaich are entirely Christian Maronite. The caza of Hasbaya has a Druze majority.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Free Lebanon State and South Lebanon security belt


    • 1.2 Ahmadinejad's state visit




  • 2 Cities and districts


  • 3 Other notable sites


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links




History


Free Lebanon State and South Lebanon security belt


Southern Lebanon became the location of the self-proclaimed Free Lebanon State, announced in 1979 by Saad Haddad[1] The state failed to gain international recognition, and its authority deteriorated with the death of Saad Haddad in 1984.


Southern Lebanon has also featured prominently in the Israel-Lebanon conflict.



Ahmadinejad's state visit


In October 2010 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited South Lebanon. This was his first visit to Lebanon since he first assumed office in Tehran in 2005. Both Israel and the United States condemned the trip as being "provocative." Ahmadinejad was welcomed by tens of thousands of supporters of Hezbollah, Iran's Shiite Muslim ally in Lebanon which the United States and Israel have branded a terrorist organization despite its participation in Lebanon's fragile government.


Cities and districts




Southern Lebanon




Areas targeted by Israeli bombing (July–August 2006) concentrated on Southern Lebanon.




  • Aaramta

  • Al Rihan


  • Alma ash-Shab (Aalma ach Chaab)

  • Abbasieh


  • Addaisseh or Adaisseh or Adasse

  • Adlun

  • Al Mansuri

  • Ain Ebel


  • Ain Baal or Ayn Bal


  • Aitaroun or Aytarun


  • Ansariyeh or Insariye

  • Ansar

  • Ash Shawmara

  • At Tayyabah

  • At Tiri

  • Aitit

  • Aynata


  • Ayta ash Shab (Ayta al-Sha'b, Ayta)

  • Baraachit

  • Barish

  • Bayt Lif

  • baytulay

  • Bazouryeh

  • Beit Yahoun

  • Bint Jbeil

  • Blida, Lebanon


  • Borj el Shamali or Borj Chemali

  • Borj Qalaouiyeh

  • Borj Rahal

  • Boustane

  • Brashit

  • Braikeh

  • Chaqra

  • Chtoura

  • Deir Kifa

  • Deyrintar

  • Dayr Qanun

  • Deir Qanoun En Nahr

  • Derdghaya


  • Dibil or Debel

  • Dibbine

  • Doueir

  • Ebel el Saki


  • El Biyyadah or Al Bayyadah


  • El Hennyeh or Al Hinniyah


  • El Mansoun or Al Mansuri


  • El Qlaile or Al Qulaylah

  • El Soultaniyeh

  • Fardis

  • Frun

  • Ghandouriyeh

  • Ghaziyeh

  • Ghassaniyeh


  • Hadata or Haddathah

  • Hanaway


  • Harris or Harres


  • Hula or Houla

  • Hounin

  • Jabal Amel

  • Jarjouh

  • Jarmaq

  • jebchet

  • Jmaijmah


  • Joiya or Jouaya or Jwayya


  • Qabrikha or Kabrikha

  • Kaakaeit al-Jesser

  • Kafra, Lebanon

  • Kafr Dunin

  • Kafr Kila


  • Kawkaba or Kaoukaba


  • Kfarmelki (Kfar Melky)

  • Kafarrouman

  • Khirbet Selm

  • Khiam

  • Kfarchouba

  • Kfarfila

  • Kfarhamam

  • Kfar Tebnit

  • Kounin

  • Maachouq

  • Mahrouna

  • Marakeh

  • Majdel Balhis


  • Majdel Selm or Majdal Zun


  • Markaba (Marqaba)

  • Maroun al-Ras

  • Marwahin

  • Maaroub

  • Mayfadoun


  • Meiss el Jabal or Mays al Jabal

  • Mlikh

  • Miye ou Miye

  • Maghdouche


  • Nabatiye or Nabatiyeh


  • Naqoura (Nakoura, An-Naqurah)

  • Niha

  • Nmairiyeh

  • Majdal Zun


  • Marjayoun—a Lebanese Christian village[2]

  • Oum el Ahmad

  • Qlayaa

  • Qana

  • Qantara

  • Rab El Thalathine


  • Rachaf—a small town


  • Rachaya El Foukhar—Hasbaya Qaza

  • Ramyah

  • Ras Al-Biyada

  • Rmaich

  • Rmadyeh

  • Roûm

  • Selaa

  • Shabriha


  • Shebaa and Shebaa Farms (ownership disputed, occupied by Israel since 1967)

  • Shihin, Lebanon

  • Shhur

  • Siddiqine


  • Sidon or Saida

  • Sir el Gharbiyeh

  • Srifa

  • Sujod

  • As-Sultaniyah

  • Tallousa

  • Tair Debbe


  • Tayr Harfa or Tair Harfa

  • Tayr Falsayh

  • Taibeh


  • Tebnine (Tebnine, Tibneen),[3] site of the former castle town Toron


  • Tulin, Lebanon (Toulin)

  • Tura


  • Tyre or Sur


  • Saida district


  • Jezzine district


  • Tyre district

  • Wadi al-Taym

  • Yarin


  • Yaroun or Yarun

  • Yahun


  • Yater or Yatar

  • Zibdine

  • Zibqin



Other notable sites



  • Abou Assouad River

  • Awali River

  • El Zahrani River

  • Litani River

  • Saitaniq River

  • Kasmieh River

  • Blue Line (Lebanon)

  • Beaufort Castle


  • Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, including Ain al-Hilweh, Nabatieh camp and Wavel

  • Ras al-Ain, Lebanon


See also



  • South Lebanon Army

  • South Lebanon conflict (1982–2000)

  • Northern District (Israel)


  • Operation Litani against the Palestinian Liberation Organization


  • United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (instituted by United Nations Security Council Resolution 425)

  • South lebanon security belt


References





  1. ^ feb2b Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine.


  2. ^ https://www.theguardian.com/israel/Story/0,,1841637,00.html


  3. ^ http://www.tebnine.org



External links


  • South Lebanon Website








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