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South Lebanon redirects here. For other uses, see South Lebanon (disambiguation)
South Lebanon (disambiguation)

South Lebanon may refer to* 1978 South Lebanon conflict* South Governorate, one of the governorates of Lebanon* South Lebanon Army, of the country Lebanon...
.
Southern Lebanon is the geographical area of Lebanon
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
 comprising the South Governorate
South Governorate

South Governorate is one of the governorates of Lebanon of Lebanon. South Lebanon has a population of 360,000 inhabitants and an area of 2,000 km?....
 and the Nabatiye Governorate
Nabatiye Governorate

Nabatieh Governorate is one of the six governorates of Lebanon. The area of this governorate is 1,058 km?. The capital is Nabatieh....
. These two entities were divided from the same province in the early 1990s. The Rashaya
Rashaya District

Rashaya District is an administrative district in the Beqaa Governorate of the Republic of Lebanon....
 and Western Beqaa
Western Beqaa District

Western Beqaa District is an administrative district in the Beqaa Governorate of the Republic of Lebanon. The capital is Joub Jannine....
 Districts, the southernmost districts of the Beqaa Governorate
Beqaa Governorate

Beqaa is a governorates of Lebanon in Lebanon with a population of 750,000 inhabitants....
, in Southern Lebanon are sometimes included in this description.

The main cities of the region are Tyre, Sidon
Sidon

Sidon,or Sa?da, is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate, Lebanon of Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea coast, about 40 km north of Tyre, Lebanon and 40 km south of the capital Beirut....
, Jezzine and inland Nabatiyeh.






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South Lebanon redirects here. For other uses, see South Lebanon (disambiguation)
South Lebanon (disambiguation)

South Lebanon may refer to* 1978 South Lebanon conflict* South Governorate, one of the governorates of Lebanon* South Lebanon Army, of the country Lebanon...
.
Southern Lebanon is the geographical area of Lebanon
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
 comprising the South Governorate
South Governorate

South Governorate is one of the governorates of Lebanon of Lebanon. South Lebanon has a population of 360,000 inhabitants and an area of 2,000 km?....
 and the Nabatiye Governorate
Nabatiye Governorate

Nabatieh Governorate is one of the six governorates of Lebanon. The area of this governorate is 1,058 km?. The capital is Nabatieh....
. These two entities were divided from the same province in the early 1990s. The Rashaya
Rashaya District

Rashaya District is an administrative district in the Beqaa Governorate of the Republic of Lebanon....
 and Western Beqaa
Western Beqaa District

Western Beqaa District is an administrative district in the Beqaa Governorate of the Republic of Lebanon. The capital is Joub Jannine....
 Districts, the southernmost districts of the Beqaa Governorate
Beqaa Governorate

Beqaa is a governorates of Lebanon in Lebanon with a population of 750,000 inhabitants....
, in Southern Lebanon are sometimes included in this description.

The main cities of the region are Tyre, Sidon
Sidon

Sidon,or Sa?da, is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate, Lebanon of Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea coast, about 40 km north of Tyre, Lebanon and 40 km south of the capital Beirut....
, Jezzine and inland Nabatiyeh. The caza
KAZA

The Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area or KAZA TFCA is a conservation park that will be created by the African countries of Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe....
s of Bint Jbeil
Bint Jbeil

Bint Jbeil is the second largest town in the Nabatiye Governorate in Southern Lebanon.The town has an estimated population of 40,000. Its exact population is not known, because Lebanon has not conducted a census since 1932....
, Tyre, and Nabatieh in Southern Lebanon are known for their large Shi'a Muslim
Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
 population with a minority of Christians. Sidon
Sidon

Sidon,or Sa?da, is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate, Lebanon of Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea coast, about 40 km north of Tyre, Lebanon and 40 km south of the capital Beirut....
 is predominately Sunni, with the rest of the caza of Sidon having a Shi'a Muslim majority, with a considerable Christian
Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
 minority, mainly Greek Catholics. The cazas of Jezzine
Jezzine

Jezzine is a town in Lebanon, located 22 km from Sidon and 73 km south of Beirut. Surrounded by mountain peaks, pine forests, and at an average altitude of 950 m , it is the main summer resort and tourist destination of South Lebanon....
 and Marjeyoun have a Christian majority. The caza of Hasbaya
Hasbaya

Hasbeya or Hasbeiya is a town in Lebanon, situated about 58 Kilometers west of Damascus, at the foot of Mount Hermon, overlooking a deep amphitheatre from which a brook flows to the Hasbani....
 has a Druze
Druze

The Druze are a religious community found primarily in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and in the Palestinian territories whose traditional religion is said to have begun as an offshoot of Islam, but is unique in its incorporation of Gnosticism, Neoplatonism and other philosophies, similar to other followers of Ismaili Shi'a Islam....
 majority.

Southern Lebanon
Southern Lebanon

Southern Lebanon is the geographical area of Lebanon comprising the South Governorate and the Nabatiye Governorate. These two entities were divided from the same province in the early 1990s....
 has featured prominently in the Israel-Lebanon conflict
Israel-Lebanon conflict

The Israeli-Lebanese conflict describes a series of related military clashes involving Israel, Lebanon, and various non-state militias acting from within Lebanon....
.

Cities and districts

South Lebanon Map
Locations Bombed Aug13 No Fact Box
* Aalma ach Chaab (Alma ash Shab)
  • Abbasieh
  • Adasse or Adaisseh or Addaisseh
  • Adlun
  • Al Mansuri
  • Ain Ebel
    Ain Ebel

    Ain Ebel is a Lebanon village located in the Kaza of Bint Jbeil District in the Nabatiye Governorate in Lebanon....
  • Ain Baal
    Ain Baal

    Ain Baal is a Lebanon village located in the Kaza of Tyre in the Southern Governorate of Lebanon....
     or Ayn Bal
  • Aitaroun
    Aitaroun

    Aitaroun is a Lebanon village located in the kaza of Districts of Lebanon at 33.1156? North, 35.4722? East. It is approximately 15km north of the Israeli border and 125km from Beirut....
     or Aytarun
  • Ansar
  • Ash Shawmara
  • At Tayyabah
  • At Tiri
  • Aitit
  • Aynata
    Aynata

    Ainata is a town in Lebanon. It is located in the western sector of Lebanese south & it is bordered to the north and north-west Cunene & Tiri from the south-west of Bint Jbeil on the south-east Aitaroun while expanding its territory to the borders Muhaybib and Shakra and Baraa'shit and Tiri....
  • Ayta al-Sha`b
  • ayta
  • Baraachit
  • Barish
  • Bayt Lif
  • baytulay
  • Bazouryeh
  • Beit Yahoun
  • Bint Jbeil
    Bint Jbeil

    Bint Jbeil is the second largest town in the Nabatiye Governorate in Southern Lebanon.The town has an estimated population of 40,000. Its exact population is not known, because Lebanon has not conducted a census since 1932....
  • Blida, Lebanon
  • Borj el Shamali or Borj Chemali
  • Borj Qalaouiyeh
  • Borj Rahal
  • Boustane
  • Brashit
  • Braikeh
  • Chaqra
  • Chtoura
  • Deir Kifa
  • Dayr Qanun
  • Derdghaya
  • Dibil or Debel
    Debel

    Debel may refer to:* Debel, Lebanon* Debel, Ethiopia, a town in the Afar Region* DEBEL, the Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory, an Indian national defense laboratory under DRDO, located in Bangalore....
  • Ebel el Saki
  • El Biyyadah or Al Bayyadah
  • El Hennyeh or Al [[Hinniyah]]
  • El Mansoun or Al Mansuri
  • El Qlaile or Al Qulaylah
  • El Soultaniyeh
  • Frun
  • Ghandouriyeh
  • Jabal Amel
    Jabal Amel

    Jabal Amel is a mountainous region in southern Lebanon named after the Banu Amela tribe. The Banu 'Amilah were a Yemenite tribe who, along with the kindred tribes of Hamadan, Lakhm, and Judham, settled in Syria, Palestine, parts of Jordan, and Lebanon....
  • jebchet
  • Jmaijmah
  • Joiya or Jouaya or Jwayya
  • Ghaziyeh
    Ghaziyeh

    Al Ghaziyeh is a town in south Lebanon, near to the port city of Sidon. It is a coastal town bordered with Saida to the north, and a number of villages and towns to the east and Zahrani to the east. It has a population close to 15000....
  • Ghassaniyeh
  • Hadata or Haddathah
  • Hanaway
  • Harris or Harres
  • Houla or Hula
    Hula

    Hula is a dance form accompanied by chant or song. It was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there. The chant or song is called a mele ....
  • Kabrikha or Qabrikha
  • Kafr Dunin
  • Kafr Kila
  • Kafra
  • Kafarrouman
  • Khirbet Selm
    Khirbet Selm

    Khirbet Selm is a village in southern Lebanon....
  • Kfarchouba
    Kfarchouba

    Kfarchouba is a Lebanon village , in the Nabatieh Governorate in Southern Lebanon. Situated in the region of Arkoub 1256 m above sea level and is 130 km from Beirut....
  • Kfarfila
    Kfarfila

    Kfarfila , is a town in the Nabatieh Governorate, al-Nabatiya, or Nabatiye southern Lebanon.It is one of the 243 towns of Nabatieh Governorate, situated at the northern region of this district, at the other side of Al-Kateh; a shallow but wide valley, separating a group of 32 towns from the Sidon District....
  • Kfarhamam
    Kfarhamam

    Kfarhamam is a small village located in the Arqoob region in the district of Hasbayya in Southern Lebanon, which lies on the Eastern side of the Nabatieh Governorate....
  • Kfar Tebnit
  • Kounin
  • Maachouq
  • Mahrouna
    Mahrouna

    MAHROUNA is a small agribusiness town located in the south of Lebanon.It is situated at a distance of 100 kilometres from Beirut the country's capital, and 18 kilometres ...
  • Markaba
  • Marakeh
  • Majdel Balhis
  • Majdel Selm or Majdal Zun
  • Marqaba or Markaba
  • Maroun al-Ras
    Maroun al-Ras

    Maroun al-Ras is a Lebanon village nestled in Jabal Amel in the district of Bint Jbeil District in the Nabatiye Governorate in southern Lebanon....
  • Marwahin
    Marwahin

    Marwahin is a town located on the border between Lebanon and Israel.During the Lebanon Israel war of 2006, Lebanese civillian refuges from the town were killed by Israeli artillery and helicopter gunship fire....
  • Ma3rub
  • Meidoun
  • Meiss el Jabal or Mays al Jabal
  • Mlikh
  • Nabatiye
    Nabatiye

    Nabatieh , or Nabatiye, is the capital city of Nabatieh Governorate, southern Lebanon. Nabatieh has approximately 120,000 inhabitants and is the most important town of the Jabal Amel area and the chief center of both the mohafazat and the Kaza ....
     or Nabatiyeh
  • Naqoura
    Naqoura

    Naqoura is a small city in southern Lebanon. Approximate population for 7 km radius from this point is 24,910. Since March 23, 1978 until present, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon has been headquartered in Naqoura....
     or Nakoura or An Naqurah
  • Niha
    Niha

    File:Nihatown12.jpegNiha IPA: niha is a city in the Chouf District which belongs to Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon.The city is 24 miles from Beirut and it has about 2,750 hectares; there are 3,500 inhabitants approximately....
  • Majdal Zun
  • Marjayoun
    Marjayoun

    Marjayoun is a Lebanon town and administrative district, Marjeyoun District, in the Nabatieh Governorate in Southern Lebanon.Marjeyoun stands majestically at a hill facing Mount Hermon to the East, Beaufort Castle, Lebanon, the 1000-year old Crusader Castle above the Litani River and overlooking Mount Amel to the West, the summits of Riha...
      -- a Lebanese Maronite Christian village
  • Oum el Ahmad
  • Qlayaa
  • Qana
    Qana

    Qana also spelled Cana is a village in southern Lebanon located southeast of the city of Tyre and north of the border with Israel. The 10,000 residents of Qana are primarily Shiite Islam although there is also a Christianity community in the village....
  • Qantara
  • Khiam
    Khiam

    Khiam is a town located in South Lebanon Governorate, near the city of Nabatieh. It is located in Southern Lebanon, 750 meters above sea level, 100km away from Beirut and roughly 4 kilometers from the Israel border....
  • Wadi at Taim
  • Rachaf
    Rachaf

    Rachaf is a village in southern Lebanon 10 miles from the Israel-Lebanon border . During the war between Israel and the terror organization, Hezbollah, terrorists used a mosque and civilian homes within the village to launch attacks against Israeli soldiers with both missiles and other weaponry....
     -- a small town
  • Ramyah
  • Ras Al-Biyada
  • Rmaich
    Rmaich

    Rmeich is a Lebanon village located in the Kaza of Bint Jbeil in the Nabatiye Governorate in Lebanon. Rmeich is home to Al-Tajali Sport Club and a Lebanese Red Cross First Aid Center....
  • Rmadyeh
  • Shabriha
  • Shebaa
    Shebaa

    Shebaa may refer to:* Shebaa, Lebanon, a village* Shebaa Farms, an area disputed by Israel, Syria and LebanonSee also*Shaba...
     and/or Shebaa Farms
    Shebaa farms

    The Shebaa Farms is a small area of land with disputed ownership located on the border between Lebanon and the Israeli controlled part of the Golan Heights....
     (ownership disputed, occupied by Israel since 1967)
  • Shihin
  • Shhur
  • Siddiqine
  • Zibqin
    Zibqin

    Zibqin is a town in South Lebanon, from the capital, Beirut. It is above sea level. The town contains old Ancient Rome and ancient Greece ruins....
  • Sidon
    Sidon

    Sidon,or Sa?da, is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate, Lebanon of Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea coast, about 40 km north of Tyre, Lebanon and 40 km south of the capital Beirut....
     or Saida
    Saida

    Saida is:* the Arabic name for Sidon, a city in Lebanon* Sa?da, Algeria - a city in Algeria* Sa?da Province, a province of Algeria* Saida Karoli - a Tanzanian Traditionalist Singer and Songwriter...
  • Srifa
  • Sujod
    Sujod

    Sujod is a small village in south Lebanon close to the southern border with Israel.Sources...
  • Tallousa
  • Tair Debbe
  • Tayr Harfa or Tair Harfa
  • Tayr Falsayh
  • Taibeh
    Taibeh

    Taibeh is the name of several Middle Eastern places.* Tayibe, a city in central Israel* Tayibe, Galilee, a village in northern Israel* Taibeh, Lebanon, a city in southern Lebanon...
  • Tebnine
    Tebnine

    Tebnine ,is a Mediterranean village spread across several hills located about 25km east of Tyre, Lebanon , in the heart of what is known as "Jabal Amel" or the mountain of "Amel"....
     or Tibnin
    Tebnine

    Tebnine ,is a Mediterranean village spread across several hills located about 25km east of Tyre, Lebanon , in the heart of what is known as "Jabal Amel" or the mountain of "Amel"....
     or Tibneen
    Tebnine

    Tebnine ,is a Mediterranean village spread across several hills located about 25km east of Tyre, Lebanon , in the heart of what is known as "Jabal Amel" or the mountain of "Amel"....
      Site of the former castle
    Castle

    A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. The term has a history of scholarly debate surrounding its exact meaning, but it is usually regarded as being distinct from the general terms fort or fortress in that it describes a residence of a monarch or noble and commands a specific defensive territor...
     town Toron
    Toron

    Toron, now Tebnine or Tebnine in southern Lebanon, was a major Crusader castle, built in the Lebanon mountains on the road from Tyre to Damascus....
  • Toulin or Tulin
  • Tura
    Tura

    Tura can refer to:*Tura River, left tributary of the Tobol River, Russia*Tura, Russia, an urban-type settlement in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia*Tura, India, the capital of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, India...
  • Tyre or Sur
  • Saida
    Saida

    Saida is:* the Arabic name for Sidon, a city in Lebanon* Sa?da, Algeria - a city in Algeria* Sa?da Province, a province of Algeria* Saida Karoli - a Tanzanian Traditionalist Singer and Songwriter...
     district
  • Jezzine
    Jezzine

    Jezzine is a town in Lebanon, located 22 km from Sidon and 73 km south of Beirut. Surrounded by mountain peaks, pine forests, and at an average altitude of 950 m , it is the main summer resort and tourist destination of South Lebanon....
     district
  • Tyre district
  • Yarin
  • Yaroun
    Yaroun

    Yaroun is a Lebanon village located in the Kaza of Bint Jbeil in the Nabatiye Governorate in Lebanon....
     or Yarun
  • Yahun
  • Yatar or Yater
  • Zibqeen


Other notable geographic sites

  • Abou Assouad River
  • Awali River
  • El Zahrani River
  • Litani River
    Litani River

    The Litani River is an important waterway in southern Lebanon. It rises west of Baalbek in the fertile Beqaa Valley valley and empties in the Mediterranean Sea north of Tyre , one of Lebanon?s largest cities....
  • Saitaniq River
  • Kasmieh River
  • Blue Line (Lebanon)
    Blue Line (Lebanon)

    The Blue Line is a Demarcation line between Lebanon and Israel published by the United Nations on 7 June 2000 for the purposes of determining whether Israel had fully withdrawn from Lebanon....
  • Beaufort Castle
    Beaufort Castle, Lebanon

    Beaufort or Belfort is a Crusader fortress in Nabatiye Governorate, Southern Lebanon Lebanon, about 1 kilometer to the south-south-west of the village of Arnoun....
  • Several Palestinian refugee camps
    List of Palestinian refugee camps

    Palestine refugee camps were established after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War to accommodate the Palestine refugees who fled from the war.This article lists the current Palestine refugee camps with current population and year they were established....
     in Lebanon including Ain al-Hilweh
    Ain al-Hilweh

    Ain al-Hilweh is the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon with over 70,000 refugees, located on the outskirts of the port of Sidon. Because Lebanese Armed Forces are not allowed to enter the camp Ain al-Hilweh has been called a "zone of unlaw" by the Lebanese media....
    , Nabatieh camp
    Nabatieh camp

    Nabatieh was a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon that was destroyed between the years 1982-1991. Most of the population was moved to Ein el-Helweh....
     and Wavel
    Wavel

    Wavel is a Palestinian refugee camp near the city of Baalbeck in Lebanon. It was originally France army barracks, but in 1948 refugees from the 1948 Arab-Israeli war found shelter there....
    .


See also


  • South Lebanon Army
    South Lebanon Army

    The South Lebanon Army , also "South Lebanese Army," was a Lebanon militia during the Lebanese Civil War. After 1979, the militia operated under the authority of Saad Haddad's Government of Free Lebanon....
  • 1982-2000 South Lebanon conflict
    1982-2000 South Lebanon conflict

    -|During the South Lebanon conflict Hezbollah, was created as a result of Israel's invasion of Lebanon. Along with Hezbollah, the mainly leftist and secular groups in the Lebanese National Resistance Front, waged a guerrilla campaign against Israeli forces occupying Southern Lebanon as well as their allies in the South Lebanon Army, follo...
  • North District (Israel)
    North District (Israel)

    The North District , is one of Israel's Districts of Israel. The North District has a land area of 4,478 km?, which increases to 4,638  km? when both land and water are included....
  • Operation Litani
    Operation Litani

    The 1978 South Lebanon conflict was an invasion of Lebanon up to the Litani River carried out by the Israel Defense Forces in 1978. It was a military success, as Palestine Liberation Organization forces were pushed north of the river....
     against the Lebanese National Movement
    Lebanese National Movement

    The Lebanese National Movement was a front of parties and organizations active during the early years of the Lebanese Civil War in Lebanon. It was headed by Kamal Jumblatt, a prominent Druze leader of the Progressive Socialist Party ....
  • United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
    United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

    The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, or UNIFIL, was created by the United Nations, with the adoption of United Nations Security Council United Nations Security Council Resolution United Nations Security Council Resolution 425 and United Nations Security Council Resolution 426 on March 19, 1978, to confirm Israeli withdrawal fr...
     (instituted by United Nations Security Council Resolution 425
    United Nations Security Council Resolution 425

    On March 19, 1978, five days after the Operation Litani, United Nations List of the UN resolutions concerning Israel and Palestine 425 called on Israel to withdraw immediately its forces from Lebanon and established the UNIFIL ....
    )
  • Israeli Security Zone
    Israeli Security Zone

    The Israeli Security Zone in southern Lebanon was a strip of territory of varying width, 5 to 25km, from the Israeli border and the occupied Golan Heights, occupied by Israeli forces from 1985 to 2000....