Mayfadoun (Arabic: ميفدون) is a village in Nabatieh District in southern Lebanon.
Mayfadoun
ميفدون | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Mayfadoun Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°20′55″N 35°28′35″E / 33.34861°N 35.47639°E | |
| Grid position | 125/157 L |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
| District | Nabatieh District |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
History
editIn the 1596 tax records, it was named as a village, Mayfadun, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Sagif under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 11 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25 % on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley and olive trees; a total of 5,269 akçe.[1][2]
On 6 August 2024, four people, all of them Hezbollah fighters,[3] were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the village.[4]
Demographics
editIn 2014 Muslims made up 98,79% of registered voters in Mayfadoun. 97,13% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[5]
References
edit- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 185
- ^ Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
- ^ "Hezbollah fighters killed in Lebanon strike: Report". Al Jazeera.
- ^ "Four killed by Israeli air attack in southern Lebanon: Report". Al Jazeera. 6 August 2024.
- ^ https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/النبطية/ميفدون/المذاهب/
Bibliography
edit- Hütteroth, W.-D.; Abdulfattah, K. (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
- Rhode, H. (1979). Administration and Population of the Sancak of Safed in the Sixteenth Century (PhD). Columbia University.
External links
edit- Mayfadoun, Localiban