Tayrdebba

Tayr Debba

Tayr Debba

Town in South, Lebanon

Tayr Debba (Arabic: طير دبّا) is a small town in the Tyre District in the South Governorate of Lebanon, located 7 kilometres east of Tyre and 88 kilometers south of Beirut.[1] Its total land area consists of 578 hectares and its average elevation is 200 meters above sea level.[1] There are two schools, one public and the other private, in Tayr Debba which collectively enrolled a total of 607 students in 2006.[1]

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Name

According to E. H. Palmer, Teir Dubbeh means "the fortress of the bear".[2]

History

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village built of stone, containing 250 Metawileh, situated on a ridge surrounded by olives and fig-trees and arable land. There are three cisterns in the village."[3]

Tayr Debba is the hometown of the Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh, who was assassinated in 2008.[4]

Notable people

References

  1. [1]
    "Tayr Debba". Localiban. Localiban. 26 April 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  2. [2]
    Palmer, 1881, p. 11
  3. [3]
    Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 51
  4. [4]
    Killed Hezbollah Man Revered in Hometown. Associated Press. 2008-02-10. Retrieved on 2016-09-26.
  5. [5]
    "Mohamad Haidar - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 23 November 2020.

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