Chebaa (Hasbaiya)

Chebaa (Arabic: شبعا‎; also transliterated Shebaa) is a town on the south-eastern tip of Lebanon. It has a largely Sunni Muslim population of 25,000 people. It is situated at an altitude of approximately 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above sea level; spread across two steep rocky mountainsides.[1] It lies adjacent to the contested Shebaa farms—which sit between the town and the Golan Heights.[2] Before 1967, residents of Shebaa farmed in the disputed Shebaa farms territory.[3]

Chebaa شبعا
Village
Chebaa, in 1998
Chebaa Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°20′55″N 35°44′55″E
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Nabatieh Governorate
District	Hasbaya District
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code	+961

History

Chebaa, in the 1880s[4]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Chebaa 's population as being Sunni Muslim and Greek Orthodox Christians.[5]

As of 2015, the town housed several thousand Syrian refugees.[6]

Educational Establishments

Educational establishments	Chebaa (Hasbaiya) (2005-2006)	Lebanon (2005-2006)
Number of Schools	4	2788
Public School	2	1763
Private School	2	1025
Students schooled in the public schools	435	439905
Students schooled in the private schools	145	471409

References

1. Nour Samaha (2 Jul 2013). "The strange case of Lebanon's Shebaa". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
2. Krista Eileen Wiegand (2011). Enduring Territorial Disputes: Strategies of Bargaining, Coercive Diplomacy, and Settlement (illustrated ed.). University of Georgia Press. p. 146. ISBN 9780820337388.
3. Krista Eileen Wiegand (2011). Enduring Territorial Disputes: Strategies of Bargaining, Coercive Diplomacy, and Settlement (illustrated ed.). University of Georgia Press. pp. 157–8. ISBN 9780820337388.
4. Wilson, 1881, vol 2, p. 129
5. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 138
6. Samya Kullab; Ghinwa Obeid (27 Feb 2015). "Shebaa, the town caught in the middle". The Daily Star. Retrieved 12 June 2015.

Bibliography

• Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
• Wilson, C.W., ed. (c. 1881). Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt. 2. New York: D. Appleton.

External links

• Localliban: Centre de resource sur le developpement local: www.localiban.org