Toura (Arabic: طورا) is a municipality in the Tyre District in South Lebanon, located 9 kilometres northeast of Tyre.
Toura
طورا | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Toura | |
| Coordinates: 33°17′37″N 35°17′52″E / 33.29361°N 35.29778°E | |
| Grid position | 108/151 L |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | South Governorate |
| District | Tyre |
| Elevation | 1,300 ft (400 m) |
| Time zone | GMT +3 |
Name
editAccording to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name Torah comes from "flowing water".[1]
History
editIn 1875, Victor Guérin found here 450 Metawileh. He further noted that the village occupied "the summit of a hill entirely covered with fig-trees."[2]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village of mud and stone, situated on the top of a hill, and surrounded by figs, olives, and arable land. There are a spring and cisterns. It contains about 200 Metawileh."[3]
Demographics
editIn 2014 Muslims made up 99,89% of registered voters in Toura. 99,36% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[4]
References
editBibliography
edit- 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.
- Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 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.
External links
edit- Toura, Localiban
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 1: IAA, Wikimedia commons
