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Village in Nabatieh Governorate From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bayt Lif (Arabic: بيت ليف) is a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon.
Bayt Lif
بيت ليف | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 33°8′1″N 35°19′58″E | |
Grid position | 181/282 PAL |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
District | Bint Jbeil District |
Elevation | 530 m (1,740 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Dialing code | +961(7) |
According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "the house of lif" (palm-fibre).[1]
In 1852, Edward Robinson noted that the year before, a quantity of gold coin were found at Beit Lif, which was taken to Beirut and given to the Pasha. He further noted that the people were planting millet and tobacco.[2]
In 1875, Victor Guérin found here a village with 80 Metuali inhabitants.[3]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing about 150 Moslems [..] situated on a hill-top, with a few olives and arable land. Two cisterns and a birket near supply the water."[4]
On 23 November 1997 a South Lebanon Army compound on the edge of the village came under artillery fire. Eight civilians were killed. Amal was believed to be responsible for the shelling.[5]
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