Ghanduriyah

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Ghandouriyeh
غندورية
Village
Map showing the location of Yater within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Yater within Lebanon
Ghandouriyeh
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°16′20″N 35°25′52″E / 33.27222°N 35.43111°E / 33.27222; 35.43111Coordinates: 33°16′20″N 35°25′52″E / 33.27222°N 35.43111°E / 33.27222; 35.43111
Grid position190/297 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNabatieh Governorate
DistrictBint Jbeil
Elevation
430 m (1,410 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Ghandouriyeh (Arabic: غندورية) is a Lebanese municipality located in the Bint Jbeil District, south of Froun. It was formerly known as Aidib.

Name[]

In the 1800s, the village was called Aidib, and E. H. Palmer wrote in 1881 that the name came from a local form connected with “much sand”.[1]

History[]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Aidib as: "A small village, built of stone and mud, situated on the slope of a hill and surrounded by a few fig-trees and olives. It contains about ninety Metawileh, and is supplied with water from three rock-cut cisterns and a spring."[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 13
  2. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 202

Bibliography[]

  • Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
  • Palmer, E.H. (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.

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