Beit Yahoun

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Beit Yahoun
بيت ياحون
City
Beit Yahoun is located in Lebanon
Beit Yahoun
Beit Yahoun
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°07′06.87″N 35°26′02.39″E / 33.1185750°N 35.4339972°E / 33.1185750; 35.4339972Coordinates: 33°07′06.87″N 35°26′02.39″E / 33.1185750°N 35.4339972°E / 33.1185750; 35.4339972
Grid position189/284 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNabatieh Governorate
DistrictBint Jbeil District
Elevation
950 m (3,120 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)

Beit Yahoun (Arabic: بيت ياحون‎)[1] is a village in Lebanon located near Bint Jbeil, in the Nabatiye Governorate. Beit Yahoun is 117 km from Beirut. It is 950 meters above sea level and covers an area of 485 hectares.[2]

History[]

Visiting in 1875, Victor Guérin described it as a village with 150 Metualis (Shia Muslims).[3]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, containing about fifty Metawileh, situated on hill-top, with grapes and figs. There are no springs, but a birket and cisterns for water supply.”[4]

References[]

  1. ^ The house of Yâhûn, personal name, according to Palmer 1881, p. 68
  2. ^ "Beit Yahoun". localiban.org. 20 February 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  3. ^ Guérin, 1880, pp. 375-376
  4. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 201

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