Beit Chabab
Beit Chabab
بيت شباب | |
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City | |
  Beit Chabab Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°55′N 35°41′E / 33.917°N 35.683°ECoordinates: 33°55′N 35°41′E / 33.917°N 35.683°E | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Mount Lebanon Governorate |
| District | Matn District |
| Highest elevation | 700 m (2,300 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 4 |
Beit Chabab (Syriac: Bet Shebāba, Arabic: بيت شباب) is a mountain village 24 km north of Beirut in Lebanon.
It is the site of Lebanon's only bell foundry.[1] The bells of Beit Chabab are sold to Christian communities in Lebanon and abroad to many countries.[2] The village was completely embosomed in mulberry gardens at the turn of the century.[3] The Hôpital Beit Chabab - Collège du Liban pour les handicapés is located in the village[4]
History[]
Ottoman tax records indicate Beit Chabab had a population of 27 Muslim households (unspecified whether Sunni, Shia or Druze) in 1523, 32 Christian households in 1530, and 28 Christian households and two bachelors in 1543.[5]
The oldest church in Beit Chabab is Our Lady of the Forest, which was built in 1761.[1]
Etymology[]
The name "Beit Chabab" is widely believed to originate from the Arabic Bayt shabāb (meaning:"house of the young men"), but in reality[citation needed] it might have roots in Syriac. Anis Freiha argues in his Dictionary of the Names of Town and Villages in Lebanon that it comes from the Syriac Bet Shebāba meaning "house of the neighbor".
References[]
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-02-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Slivka, Rose. The Crafts of the Modern World, page 23
- ^ The Entomologist's Record and Journal of variation, Volume 13
- ^ http://www.centrehospbc.com/
- ^ Bakhit 1972, p. 277.
Bibliography[]
- Bakhit, Muhammad Adnan Salamah (February 1972). The Ottoman Province of Damascus in the Sixteenth Century (PhD). School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
External links[]
- Beit Chabab - Chaouiyeh El Qnaytra, Localiban
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