Zalloutieh

Place in Tyre District, South Governorate, Lebanon
Place in South Lebanon Governorate
Zalloutieh
الزلوطية
Zallutiyeh
33°06′34″N 35°14′51″E / 33.10944°N 35.24750°E / 33.10944; 35.24750
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth Lebanon Governorate
DistrictTyre District
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Zalloutieh (Arabic: الزلوطية) is a local authority in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon. It is a Sunni Muslim village.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, Kh. Zallûtiyeh means the ruin of pebbles.[1]

History

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found "large heaps of small stones" at Kh. Zallûtiyeh.[2]

Presently, Zalloutieh is listed as a Lebanese local authority in the Tyre District.[3]

References

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 51
  2. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 185
  3. ^ Zalloutieh, Localiban

Bibliography

External links

  • Zalloutieh, Localiban
  • Survey of Western Palestine, Map 3: IAA, Wikimedia commons