Blat
بلاط | |
---|---|
Village | |
![]() Ravine, in the
Litani River by Blat, ca 1851, by
van de Velde | |
Coordinates: 33°23′10″N 35°36′02″E / 33.38611°N 35.60056°E | |
Grid position | 136/161 L |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
District | Marjeyoun District |
Elevation | 680 m (2,230 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Dialing code | +961 |
Blat ( Arabic: بلاط) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon, located just north of Marjeyoun.
In 1596, it was named as a village, Balat, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 56 households and 2 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25 % on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, vineyards, goats, beehives; in addition to occasional revenues, a press for olive oil or grape syrup and a water mill; a total of 6,000 akçe. [1] [2]
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Blat's population as being Metawileh. [3]
On 27 December 1993, during the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon, a Norwegian soldier was killed when an Israeli tank, stationed in neighbouring Aishiyeh, fired on his UNIFIL patrol outside Blat. The Indian Army contingent with UNIFIL had a small base camp in the village. [4]
Blat
بلاط | |
---|---|
Village | |
![]() Ravine, in the
Litani River by Blat, ca 1851, by
van de Velde | |
Coordinates: 33°23′10″N 35°36′02″E / 33.38611°N 35.60056°E | |
Grid position | 136/161 L |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
District | Marjeyoun District |
Elevation | 680 m (2,230 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Dialing code | +961 |
Blat ( Arabic: بلاط) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon, located just north of Marjeyoun.
In 1596, it was named as a village, Balat, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 56 households and 2 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25 % on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, vineyards, goats, beehives; in addition to occasional revenues, a press for olive oil or grape syrup and a water mill; a total of 6,000 akçe. [1] [2]
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Blat's population as being Metawileh. [3]
On 27 December 1993, during the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon, a Norwegian soldier was killed when an Israeli tank, stationed in neighbouring Aishiyeh, fired on his UNIFIL patrol outside Blat. The Indian Army contingent with UNIFIL had a small base camp in the village. [4]