Jennata

Jennata (Arabic: جناتا‎) is a local authority in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.

Jennata

جناتا

Jannata
Road in Jennata
Jennata
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°17′10″N 35°19′10″E
Grid position110/150 L
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth Lebanon Governorate
DistrictTyre District
Elevation
250 m (820 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name comes from Jennat, garden.[1]

History

In 1875, Victor Guérin found the village, (which he called Djennateh), to have 60 Metawileh inhabitants.[2] He further noted: "The village contains a number of ruined houses. A little mosque is partly built of ancient materials."[3]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A small village of stone and mud, containing about 100 Moslems. […] It lies low, on arable land. The water is supplied by two wells in the village."[4]

References
  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 22
  2. Guérin, 1880, p. 256
  3. Guérin, 1880, p. 256, as translated by Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 116
  4. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 92

Bibliography
  • Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
  • Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 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.
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