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Qantara
قنطرة | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 33°16′25″N 35°27′49″E / 33.27361°N 35.46361°E | |
Grid position | 193/297 PAL |
Country | |
Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
District | Marjeyoun District |
Elevation | 470 m (1,540 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Dialing code | +961 |
Qantara (قنطرة ) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon.
Name
According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "the arch".[1] Qantara (Arabic: قنطرة) is the arabic word for "bridge".
History
In 1875 Victor Guérin found that the village had 150 Metawileh inhabitants.[2] He further remarked: "The mosque is built of hewn stones of apparent antiquity. Its door is surmounted by a lintel belonging to an ancient Christian church, in the midst of which can be made out a cross with equal branches enclosed in a circle."[3]
In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, containing about 250 [..] Metawileh, situated on an isolated and conspicuous hill, and surrounded by gardens, olives, and figs. There are two perennial springs a little to the south of the village."[4]
References
Bibliography
- 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.
- Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
- 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
- Qantara (Marjaayoun), Localiban
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons