Chihine
Chihine
شيحين Shihin | |
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| Dialing code | +9617 |
Chihine (
Arabic: شيحين) is a municipality in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon
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Name
According to E. H. Palmer, the name comes from a personal name.[1]
History
In 1875
In 1881, the
Metawileh, with traces of ruins [..], situated on ridge of hills, with figs, olives and arable land. Here is a large birket and twelve cisterns for water."[4]
They further noted: "Some large well-dressed stones and foundations of ancient buildings ; one column and broken sculptured stone ; probably an ancient place of importance."[5]
During Operation Accountability, July 1993, Chihine was one of the villages devastated by Israeli artillery. On 19 August, nineteen days after the cease fire was established, eight Israeli soldiers were killed in a Hizbollah ambush close to the village.[6]
References
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 54
- ^ Guérin, 1880, p. 130
- ^ Guérin, 1880, p. 130; as cited in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 192
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 151
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 192
- ^ Middle East International No 457, 28 August 1993, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Editor Michael Adams; Gerald Butt pp.4-5
Bibliography
- 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
- Chihine, Localiban
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 3: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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