Al-Qlailah
Al-Qlailah
القليلة | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Al-Qlailah | |
| Coordinates: 33°11′47″N 35°13′52″E / 33.19639°N 35.23111°E | |
| Grid position | 171/289 PAL |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | South Governorate |
| District | Tyre |
| Elevation | 100 ft (30 m) |
| Time zone | GMT +3 |
Al-Qlailah (Arabic: القليلة) is a municipality in the Tyre District in South Lebanon.
Etymology
[edit]According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name Leileh comes from a female proper name; it also means “night”.[1]
History
[edit]In 1875, Victor Guérin describes a ruin to the east of the village, which he calls Kh. Kleileh. "The upright of oil-presses, a winepress cut in the rock, with two compartments, one round and one square, and three broken sarcophagi, are all that remain here. A short distance south of this place he found another ruined hamlet, having a cistern cut in the rock, and an enormous millstone lying on the ground, called Kh. Ratieh".[2]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A small well-built stone village, containing about 50 Moslems, surrounded by olives and arable ground. The water supply is from 'Ain Zaheiriyeh."[3]
On 13 May 2021, shortly after the beginning of the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, a number of rockets – apparently Soviet-era short-range Grad projectiles – were fired from the coastal area of Al-Qlailah, just south of the Palestinian refugee camp of Rashidieh towards northern Israel. According to some reports, three rockets were involved which all fell into the Mediterranean Sea, causing no damage.[4][5] According to other sources, altogether five missiles were launched and two of them crashed onto Lebanese grounds, while three got lost off the coast.[6]
Demographics
[edit]In 2014 Muslims made up 99.38% of registered voters in Al-Qlailah. 98.06% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 9
- ^ Guérin, 1880, p. 238; as given in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 68
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 50
- ^ "Lebanon: Rockets launched from coastal region towards Israel". Middle East Eye. 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ Rose, Sunniva (2021-05-14). "Israel-Palestine tension unlikely to spill over to Lebanon for now despite rocket launch". The National. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ "Two missiles fired towards Israel from southern Lebanon - TV". TASS. 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/الجنوب/صور/القليلة/المذاهب/
Bibliography
[edit]- Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
- 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.
External links
[edit]- Qlaileh, Localiban
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 1: IAA, Wikimedia commons
