Qalaouiyah

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

Qalaouiyah قلويه
village
Qalaouiyah Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°15′19″N 35°25′03″E
Grid position	189/295 PAL
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Nabatieh
District	Bint Jbeil
Elevation	400 m (1,300 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code	+961

Name

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

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." They further noted: "Ancient remains and some lintels."

Demographics

In 2014 Muslims made up 99,41% of registered voters in Qalaouiyah. 98,22% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.

Bibliography

• Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 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.

External links

• Qalaouiyeh, Localiban
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons