Ghanduriyah
| Ghandouriyeh غندورية | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Ghandouriyeh Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°16′20″N 35°25′52″E / 33.27222°N 35.43111°ECoordinates: 33°16′20″N 35°25′52″E / 33.27222°N 35.43111°E | |
| Grid position | 190/297 PAL |
| Country |
 Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
| District | Bint Jbeil |
| Elevation | 430 m (1,410 ft) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Ghandouriyeh (Arabic: غندورية) is a Lebanese municipality located in the Bint Jbeil District, south of Froun. It was formerly known as Aidib.
Name
In the 1800s, the village was called Aidib, and E. H. Palmer wrote in 1881 that the name came from a local form connected with “much sand”.[1]
History
In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Aidib as: "A small village, built of stone and mud, situated on the slope of a hill and surrounded by a few fig-trees and olives. It contains about ninety Metawileh, and is supplied with water from three rock-cut cisterns and a spring."[2]
References
Bibliography
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 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
- Ghandouriyeh, Localiban
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons
Capital: Bint Jbeil | ||
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