Al-Jumayjimah (Arabic: الجميجمة, romanized: al-Jumayjimah) is a municipality in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon, located north-east of Tibnin.
Al-Jumayjimah
الجميجمة | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Al-Jumayjimah Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°12′23″N 35°26′27″E / 33.20639°N 35.44083°E | |
| Grid position | 191/290 PAL |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh |
| District | Bint Jbeil |
| Elevation | 690 m (2,260 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
Etymology
editAccording to E. H. Palmer, the name El Jumeijmeh comes from "The little sculls".[1]
History
editIn 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
editIn 2014 Muslims made up 99.75% of registered voters in Al-Jumayjimah. 98.68% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[4]
References
edit- ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 23
- ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, pp. 94-95
- ↑ Middle East International No 435, 9 October 1992, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Gerald Butt p.11
- ↑ https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/بنت-جبيل/الجميجمه/المذاهب/
Bibliography
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.
- 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- Jmaijmeh, Localiban
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons
