Burj Qalaouiyah (Arabic: برج قلويه) is a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon.
Burj Qalaouiyah
برج قلويه | |
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village | |
  Burj Qalaouiyah Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°15′38″N 35°25′08″E / 33.26056°N 35.41889°E | |
| Grid position | 189/296 PAL |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh |
| District | Bint Jbeil |
| Elevation | 470 m (1,540 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
Name
editAccording to E. H. Palmer, the name Burj el Alawei means "the tower of the Alawei".[1]
History
editIn 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Burj Alawei as: “A village, built of stone, containing about 300 Metawileh, situated on upland, with a few olives, figs, and some arable land round. The water supply is from a well and spring.”[2]
Demographics
editIn 2014 Muslims made up 98,97% of registered voters in Burj Qalaouiyah. 97,71% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[3]
References
editBibliography
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.
- 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- Borj Qalaouiyeh, Localiban
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons