Aalma ash-Shaab
Aalma ash-Shaab
علما الشعب 'Alma ash Sha'b | |
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Municipality | |
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| Grid position | 167/278 PAL |
| Country | File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon |
| Governorate | South Governorate |
| District | Tyre |
| Highest elevation | 1,250 ft (380 m) |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 1,080 |
| Time zone | GMT +3 |
Aalma ash-Shaab (Arabic: علما الشعب) is a municipality in the Tyre District, in Southern Lebanon.
Etymology
[edit | edit source]According to E. H. Palmer, ’Alma means "a coat of mail"; while Shảub means "mountain spurs".[2] According to Dr. Anis Freyha in his book " A Dictionary of the Names of Towns and Villages in Lebanon" 2nd edition 1985, page 117, he mentions that the root of the name is Semitic (עלם) and could mean "the hidden" or sexual maturity, the same in Phoenicians and Aramaic.
History
[edit | edit source]In 1875, during the late Ottoman period, Victor Guérin found here a village with 350 inhabitants, mostly Greek catholics, or Maronite.[3]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: “A large Christian village, containing about 500 inhabitants. The houses are clean and well built. There are two chapels, and the place seems increasing in size. It is situated on a ridge, with figs, olives, and pomegranates and arable land around. To the east and north the land is covered with brushwood. There is a spring within reach, and about thirty rock-cut cisterns in the village.”[4]
Modern era
[edit | edit source]In 2009, there were 400 members of the Saint-Élie parish of the Melkite Church in the village.[5]
Since the beginning of the Gaza war, Shia Islamist group Hezbollah has joined the conflict by launching rocket and drone attacks on the occupied Shebaa farms and Israel from areas in southern Lebanon. As a result, at least 800 residents have fled the village out of fear of getting caught in the crossfire, leaving only about 100 remaining. Israel has conducted retaliatory strikes targeting what they claim is "Hezbollah infrastructure", which according to the deputy mayor, destroyed several structures in the village.[6]
Demographics
[edit | edit source]In 2014 Christians made up 98.06% of registered voters in Aalma ash-Shaab. 42.62% of the voters were Maronite Catholics and 39.19% were Greek Catholics.[7]
Climate
[edit | edit source]| Climate data for Aalma ash-Shaab, elevation 385 m (1,263 ft) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.8 (60.4) |
16.1 (61.0) |
18.8 (65.8) |
21.7 (71.1) |
25.6 (78.1) |
28.2 (82.8) |
29.5 (85.1) |
30.6 (87.1) |
28.5 (83.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
18.3 (64.9) |
23.5 (74.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.1 (53.8) |
12.5 (54.5) |
14.3 (57.7) |
16.6 (61.9) |
20.2 (68.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
24.1 (75.4) |
25.5 (77.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
21.7 (71.1) |
18.2 (64.8) |
14.6 (58.3) |
18.8 (66.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 9.5 (49.1) |
9.6 (49.3) |
10.3 (50.5) |
12.3 (54.1) |
15.3 (59.5) |
17.6 (63.7) |
19.2 (66.6) |
21.0 (69.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
18.1 (64.6) |
14.8 (58.6) |
11.8 (53.2) |
14.9 (58.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 186 (7.3) |
158 (6.2) |
70 (2.8) |
32 (1.3) |
10 (0.4) |
1 (0.0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
4 (0.2) |
31 (1.2) |
73 (2.9) |
184 (7.2) |
749 (29.5) |
| Source: FAO[8] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ city-facts website
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 40
- ^ Guérin, 1880, p. 136
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, pp. 150 -151
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Aalma ech Chaab, Localiban
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 3: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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