Toura, Lebanon
Small Town in South Governorate, Lebanon
Toura طورا | |
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Small Town | |
33°17′37″N 35°17′52″E / 33.29361°N 35.29778°E / 33.29361; 35.29778 | |
Grid position | 108/151 L |
Country | Lebanon |
Governorate | South Governorate |
District | Tyre |
Elevation | 1,300 ft (400 m) |
Time zone | GMT +3 |
Toura (Arabic: طورا) is a small town in the Tyre District in South Lebanon, located 9 kilometres northeast of Tyre.
Name
According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name Torah comes from "flowing water".[1]
History
In 1875, Victor Guérin found here 450 Metawileh. He further noted that the village occupied "the summit of a hill entirely covered with fig-trees."[2]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village of mud and stone, situated on the top of a hill, and surrounded by figs, olives, and arable land. There are a spring and cisterns. It contains about 200 Metawileh."[3]
References
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.
- 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
- Toura, Localiban
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 1: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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Tyre District, South Governorate
Capital: Tyre
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