Burj Qallawiyah
برج قلويه
village
Map showing the location of  Burj Qallawiyah within Lebanon
Map showing the location of  Burj Qallawiyah within Lebanon
Burj Qallawiyah
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°15′38″N 35°25′08″E / 33.26056°N 35.41889°E / 33.26056; 35.41889
Grid position189/296 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNabatieh
DistrictBint Jbeil
Elevation
470 m (1,540 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

Burj Qallawiyah (Arabic: برج قلويه) is a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name Burj el Alawei means "the tower of the Alawei".[1]

History

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Burj Alawei as: “A village, built of stone, containing about 300 Metawileh, situated on upland, with a few olives, figs, and some arable land round. The water supply is from a well and spring.”[2]

References

  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 20
  2. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 86

Bibliography

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