Jennata

Jennata
جناتا
Jannata

Road in Jennata
Map showing the location of Jennata within Lebanon
Jennata

Location within Lebanon

Coordinates: 33°17′10″N 35°19′10″E / 33.28611°N 35.31944°E / 33.28611; 35.31944Coordinates: 33°17′10″N 35°19′10″E / 33.28611°N 35.31944°E / 33.28611; 35.31944
Grid position 110/150 L
Country  Lebanon
Governorate South Lebanon Governorate
District Tyre District
Elevation 250 m (820 ft)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Jennata (Arabic: جناتا ) is a local authority in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name comes from Jennat, garden.[1]

History

In 1875, Victor Guérin found the village, (which he called Djennateh), to have 60 Metawileh inhabitants.[2] He further noted: "The village contains a number of ruined houses. A little mosque is partly built of ancient materials."[3]

In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A small village of stone and mud, containing about 100 Moslems. […] It lies low, on arable land. The water is supplied by two wells in the village."[4]

References

  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 22
  2. Guérin, 1880, p. 256
  3. Guérin, 1880, p. 256, as translated by Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 116
  4. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 92

Bibliography

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