Kunin
كونين
Village
Map showing the location of Yater within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Yater within Lebanon
Kunin
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°08′56″N 35°26′17″E / 33.14889°N 35.43806°E / 33.14889; 35.43806
Grid position191/283 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNabatieh Governorate
DistrictBint Jbeil District
Elevation
710 m (2,330 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kunin (Arabic: كونين) is a municipality in Lebanon located in Bint Jbeil District, south-east of Tebnine.

Name

E. H. Palmer wrote that the name Kunin came from a personal name.[1]

History

In 1875, Victor Guérin gives the population of this place at 400, divided between Moslems and Metawileh.[2]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing about 200 Metawileh ; it is situated on ridge, with olives and arable land around ; water from cisterns in the village and from a large birket."[3] They further noted: "There are two round and two octagonal pillars at this village, remains of old materials, and a lintel measuring 17' long and bearing a Greek inscription. There are also several cisterns and a large birkeh. The inscription on the lintel is probably the common formula, KYPIE BOHΘH ("Help, Lord")."[4]

References

  1. ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 87
  2. ↑ Guérin, 1880, p. 375; as given in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 202
  3. ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 202
  4. ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 250

Bibliography

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