Al-Jibbain

Al-Jibbain (Arabic: الجبين) is a municipality in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.

Al-Jibbain الجبين Jebbayn, Jebbine
Al-Jibbain Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°7′23″N 35°14′1″E
Grid position	172/280 PAL
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	South Governorate
District	Tyre District
Elevation	440 m (1,440 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Etymology

According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "the two pits".^[1]

History

In 1596, it was named as a village, Jibin, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 7 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, goats, beehives; in addition to occasional revenues and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 2,177 akçe.^[2][3]

In 1875, Victor Guérin noted here "a few Metawileh families", who inhabited an ancient locality.^[4]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A small village, built of stone, containing about seventy Metawileh; it is situated on a hill, with figs, olives, and arable land around. There are three cisterns for water."^[5] They further noted a ruined, rock-cut birket.^[6]

Modern era

On August 3 or 4, 2006, during the 2006 Lebanon War, Israeli helicopter strikes killed 4 Hezbollah operatives in an uninhabited valley some 900 meters from Al-Jibbain. At the same time, they fired on the house nearest, killing 4 civilians, aged 42 to 81 years of age.^[7]

Demographics

In 2014 Muslims made up 99.78% of registered voters in Al-Jibbain. 98.90% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.^[8]