Aadshit al-Qusayr (Arabic: عدشيت القصير, romanized: ʿAdshīt al-Quṣayr), or simply Aadshit (Arabic: عدشيت), is a municipality in the Marjayoun District in South Lebanon.
Aadshit al-Qusayr
عدشيت القصير | |
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Municipality | |
  Aadshit al-Qusayr Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°16′38″N 35°28′51″E / 33.27722°N 35.48083°E | |
| Grid position | 195/198 PAL |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
| District | Marjayoun District |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
Etymology
editAccording to E. H. Palmer, the name Atshis comes from a personal name.[1]
History
editIn 1875, Victor Guérin found the village to have Metuali inhabitants.[2]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "a small village, built of mud and stone, containing about 100 Metawileh, situated on a low ridge surrounded by small gardens and olives. The water supply is from four rock-cut cisterns."[3]
Demographics
editIn 2014 Muslims made up 99.71% of registered voters in Aadshit. 98.84% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[4]
References
editBibliography
edit- 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.
- Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
- 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
edit- Aadchit (Qoussair), Localiban
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons
