Sribbin
Srobbine, Surubbin, (Arabic: صربين) is a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon. The village is located in the region of Nabatiye about 27km away from the region's capital Nabatiye and about 83km away from Lebanon's capital Beirut.
Name
According to E. H. Palmer, Surubbin comes from a personal name.
History
In 1852, Edward Robinson noted the village (Seribbin) on his travels in the region.
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "a small stone village, containing about eighty Metawileh, situated on hill-top, with olives and arable cultivation; springs near, and cisterns and birket."
Demographics
In 2014 Muslims made up 99,49% of registered voters in Srobbine. 98,36% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.
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.
- 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.
- Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1856). Later Biblical Researches in Palestine and adjacent regions: A Journal of Travels in the year 1852. London: John Murray.
External links
- Srobbine, Localiban
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 4: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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