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Zalloutieh

Place in Tyre District, South Governorate, Lebanon

Place in South Lebanon Governorate

Zalloutieh الزلوطية Zallutiyeh
33°06′34″N 35°14′51″E / 33.10944°N 35.24750°E / 33.10944; 35.24750
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	South Lebanon Governorate
District	Tyre District
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Zalloutieh (Arabic: الزلوطية) is a local authority in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon. It is a Sunni Muslim village.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, Kh. Zallûtiyeh means the ruin of pebbles.^[1]

History

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found "large heaps of small stones" at Kh. Zallûtiyeh.^[2]

Presently, Zalloutieh is listed as a Lebanese local authority in the Tyre District.^[3]

References

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 51
^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 185
^ Zalloutieh, Localiban

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.
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.