Al-Ghandouriyah

Al-Ghandouriyah الغندوريه
Municipality
Al-Ghandouriyah Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°16′20″N 35°25′52″E
Grid position	190/297 PAL
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Nabatieh Governorate
District	Bint Jbeil
Elevation	430 m (1,410 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Ghandouriyah (Arabic: الغندوريه) is a municipality in Lebanon located in the Bint Jbeil District, south of Froun. It was formerly known as Aidib.

Etymology

In the 1800s, the village was called Aidib, and E. H. Palmer wrote in 1881 that the name came from a local form connected with “much sand”.[1]

History

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Aidib as: "A small village, built of stone and mud, situated on the slope of a hill and surrounded by a few fig-trees and olives. It contains about ninety Metawileh, and is supplied with water from three rock-cut cisterns and a spring."[2]

During the 2006 Israeli offensive against Hizbollah Israeli Nahal commandos were airlifted into Al-Ghandouriyah. A column of tanks attempting to reach them was ambushed in Wadi Salouqi. Eleven tanks were hit and seventeen Israeli soldiers killed, with fifty wounded.[3]

Demographics

In 2014 Muslims made up 100% of registered voters in Al-Ghandouriyah. 96.59% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[4]

References

1. Palmer, 1881, p. 13
2. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 202
3. Hirst, David (2010) Beware of Small States. Lebanon, battleground of the Middle East. Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-23741-8 pp.372-373
4. https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/بنت-جبيل/الغندوريه/المذاهب/

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.
• 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

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