Qalaouiyeh

Qalaouiyeh (Arabic: قلويه‎) is a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon.

Qalaouiyeh

قلويه
village
Qalaouiyeh
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°15′19″N 35°25′03″E
Grid position189/295 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNabatieh
DistrictBint Jbeil
Elevation
400 m (1,300 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name Kalawei comes from the ancient Kelabo.[1]

History

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Burj Alawei as: “A village, built of stone, on high ground, containing 150 Metawileh, surrounded by olives, fig-trees, and arable land. The water supply is from cisterns only."[2] They further noted: "Ancient remains and some lintels."[3]

References
  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 23
  2. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 87
  3. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 116

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.
  • 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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