Al-Jumayjimah

Al-Jumayjimah
الجميجمة
Municipality
Map showing the location of Al-Jumayjimah within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Al-Jumayjimah within Lebanon
Al-Jumayjimah
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°12′23″N 35°26′27″E / 33.20639°N 35.44083°E / 33.20639; 35.44083
Grid position191/290 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNabatieh
DistrictBint Jbeil
Elevation
690 m (2,260 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

Al-Jumayjimah (Arabic: الجميجمة) is a municipality in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon, located north-east of Tibnin.

Etymology

According to E. H. Palmer, the name El Jumeijmeh comes from "The little sculls".[1]

History

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A small village of stone and mud, containing about 100 Metawileh, situated on hill-top, with a few olives and figs around. Water supply from cisterns."[2]

On 29 September 1992, following an attack on a South Lebanon Army outpost in Rachaf, Hizbullah fighters shot their way through a Unifil checkpoint at Al-Jumayjimah. One Irish soldier was killed, bring the total number of Unifil soldiers killed to 187, 33 of them from Ireland.[3]

Demographics

In 2014 Muslims made up 99.75% of registered voters in Al-Jumayjimah. 98.68% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[4]

References

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 23
  2. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, pp. 94-95
  3. ^ Middle East International No 435, 9 October 1992, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Gerald Butt p.11
  4. ^ https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/بنت-جبيل/الجميجمه/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.