Toura, Lebanon
Municipality in South Governorate, Lebanon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Toura (Arabic: طورا) is a municipality in the Tyre District in South Lebanon, located 9 kilometres northeast of Tyre.
Toura
طورا | |
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Municipality | |
 Toura | |
| Coordinates: 33°17′37″N 35°17′52″E | |
| Grid position | 108/151 L |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Governorate | South Governorate |
| District | Tyre |
| Elevation | 1,300 ft (400 m) |
| Time zone | GMT +3 |
Etymology
According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name Torah comes from "flowing water".[1]
History
In 1875, Victor Guérin found here 450 Metawileh. He further noted that the village occupied "the summit of a hill entirely covered with fig-trees."[2]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village of mud and stone, situated on the top of a hill, and surrounded by figs, olives, and arable land. There are a spring and cisterns. It contains about 200 Metawileh."[3]
Demographics
In 2014 Muslims made up 99.89% of registered voters in Toura. 99.36% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[4]
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