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Aabbassiyeh

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Aabbassiyeh
عباسيّة
Town
Aabbassiyeh is located in Lebanon
Aabbassiyeh
Aabbassiyeh
Coordinates: 33°17′55″N 35°16′59″E / 33.29861°N 35.28306°E / 33.29861; 35.28306
Grid position107/151 L
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth Governorate
DistrictTyre
Area
 • Land6.8 sq mi (18 km2)
Elevation
560 ft (170 m)
Time zoneGMT +3

Aabbassiyeh (Arabic: عباسيّة) is a town in the Tyre District in South Lebanon.

Name

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According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name Aabbassiyeh came from the proper name ‘Abbâs, the uncle of the prophet.[1]

Location

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Aabbassiyeh is located in the South Governorate, Tyre District. It is 150 m above sea level and 84 kilometers to the southwest of Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, and 14 km from the center of its district Tyre.

History

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In 1875, Victor Guérin estimated the population to be 600 Metawileh.[2]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "A stone-built village, containing 400 Metawileh, built on a ridge, the ground around it is cultivated for barley, etc., and there are groves of figs and olives. The water supply is derived from a large pool to the north, and a good spring built up with masonry, also to the north of the village; there are no antiquities, and only a few cisterns."[3]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 1
  2. ^ Guérin, 1880, p. 249
  3. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 47
  4. ^ "Houssein Rizk - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 23 November 2020.

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