Qlaiaa

Qlaiaa القليعة
Village
Qlayaa
Qlaiaa Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°19′45″N 35°33′57″E
Grid position	133/155 L
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Nabatieh Governorate
District	Marjeyoun District
Elevation	660 m (2,170 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code	+961

Qlaiaa (Arabic: القليعة) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon. The inhabitants are mainly Maronite Christians.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "the little castle".

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Qlaiaa's population as Maronite.

In 1870 Victor Guérin found the village to have 400 Maronite inhabitants.

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, containing about 1 50 Christians; it contains a church, and is situated on a ridge, with vineyards, olives, figs, and arable land around; it has a birket and spring near." Note that a birket is a pool of water.

Demographics

In 2014 Christians made up 98,81% of registered voters in Qlaiaa. 92.40% of the voters were Maronite Catholics.

See also

• Catholic Church in Lebanon

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.
• Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.

External links

• Qlaiaa, Localiban
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons