Tayr Debba
طير دبّا
Town
Tayr Debba is located in Lebanon
Tayr Debba
Tayr Debba
Coordinates: 33°16′27″N 35°16′43″E / 33.27417°N 35.27861°E / 33.27417; 35.27861
Grid position176/297 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth
DistrictTyre
Area
 • Total2.23 sq mi (5.78 km2)
Elevation
700 ft (200 m)
Highest elevation
1,380 ft (420 m)
Time zoneGMT +3

Tayr Debba (Arabic: طير دبّا) is a small town in the Tyre District in the South Governorate of Lebanon, located 7 kilometres east of Tyre and 88 kilometers south of Beirut.[1] Its total land area consists of 578 hectares and its average elevation is 200 meters above sea level.[1] There are two schools, one public and the other private, in Tayr Debba which collectively enrolled a total of 607 students in 2006.[1]

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, Teir Dubbeh means "the fortress of the bear".[2]

History

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village built of stone, containing 250 Metawileh, situated on a ridge surrounded by olives and fig-trees and arable land. There are three cisterns in the village."[3]

Tayr Debba is the hometown of the Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh, who was assassinated in 2008.[4]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b c "Tayr Debba". Localiban. Localiban. 26 April 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 11
  3. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 51
  4. ^ Killed Hezbollah Man Revered in Hometown. Associated Press. 2008-02-10. Retrieved on 2016-09-26.
  5. ^ "Mohamad Haidar - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 23 November 2020.

Bibliography

External links

Tyre District, South Governorate
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