Hisah
Hisah
الحيصة | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 River by Hisah | |
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| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Akkar |
| District | Akkar |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.10 km2 (0.81 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 30 m (98 ft) |
| Population (2009)[2] | |
• Total | 1,756 eligible voters |
| • Density | 836/km2 (2,170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
Hisah (Arabic: الحيصة), also spelled Hokr el Haïssa,[3] Haysa, Hayssa, El Haïssa or Hisa, is a northern Lebanese village in the Akkar Governorate, close to the Syrian border. It is mostly inhabited by Alawites[4][5] and Sunni Muslims.[2]
History
[edit | edit source]The history of the village goes back to the days of the Banu Hilal tribe, and it is named after the horse of Abu-Zayd al-Hilali.[6]
In the late 1620s or early 1630s, the Druze strongman of and Ottoman governor Fakhr al-Din II planted a large grove of mulberry trees in Hisah, as well as Tripoli, as part of his efforts to stimulate the burgeoning silk industry of Mount Lebanon.[7]
In 1838, Eli Smith noted the village, whose inhabitants were Alawites, located west of esh-Sheikh Mohammed.[8]
During the 2006 Lebanon War, a bridge in the village was bombed by Israeli planes, leaving up to 12 people dead.[9][10][11]
Demographics
[edit | edit source]In 2014, Muslims made up 99.23% of registered voters in Hisah. 50.61% of the voters were Alawites and 47.20% were Sunni Muslims.[12]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Hayssa Archived 2016-05-06 at the Wayback Machine, Localiban
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- ^ Hokr el Haïssa (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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- ^ Mohammed Ali Hussein, mayor of Hisa, estimates around 500 Allawi families have had their homes damaged and perhaps half of all Jebel Mohsen’s 50,000 residents have been displaced. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 183
- ^ Meanwhile, up to 12 people are reported to have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a bridge in Balenat al-Hissa in northern Lebanon, near the Syrian border. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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Bibliography
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Hayssa Archived 2016-05-06 at the Wayback Machine, Localiban
