Majadel

Majadel (Arabic: مجادل)[1] is a town located in the Kaza of Tyre (sour) one of Mohafazah of South Lebanon kazas (districts). Mohafazah of South Lebanon is one of the eight mohafazats (governorates) of Lebanon.

This article is about the village in the Tyre District. For other villages, see Majdal.
Majadel
مجادل
Town
Majadel is located in Lebanon
Majadel
Majadel
Coordinates: 33°13′45.84″N 35°21′36.36″E
Grid position184/292 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth Governorate
DistrictTyre District
Elevation
310 m (1,020 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

Geography

It's 98 kilometers (60.8972 mi) away from Beyrouth (Beirut) the capital of Lebanon. Its elevation is 310 meters (1) (1017.11 ft - 339.016 yd) above sea level. Majadel (Tyr) surface stretches for 225 hectares (2.25 km2 - 0.8685 mi2)(2).

History

In 1596, it was named as a village, Majadil, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 54 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid taxes on agricultural products, such as goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues and a fixed sum; a total of 6,450 akçe.[2][3]

In 1875, Victor Guérin noted: "Here are seen at this day several great wine-presses, each composed of two compartments cut in the rock. One of these presses was lined within by small square cubes, making a mosaic. Here are also fine rock-cut tombs, some containing sarcophagi covered with arched arcosolia and other loculi destined for sarcophagi; and there are other tombs hollowed like simple graves, and covered by heavy blocks more or less squared. There are several broken sarcophagi, and especially a great piece of rock cut as to form a double sarcophagus, the sides of which are sculptured carefully, and ornamented with garlands, discs, trees, rose-work, and a beautiful garland supported in the centre by little columns. There are cisterns and two tanks, one square and the other circular, probably the work of the most ancient people who came to live in this place."[4]

In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's PEF Survey of Palestine described it as "A village, built of stone, with a few ruined houses, containing about 150 Metawileh. It is situated on a hill, surrounded by figs, olives, and arable land. Water supplied from a spring, cisterns, and brisket."[5]

Location

The village is surrounded by several villages including Deyrintar, Chehabiye, Mahrouna, Jwaya.

Educational Establishments

The table below provides a comparison of public and private schools locally and nationally. It can be used to assess the distribution of students between public and private institutions both locally and nationally. All data provided on education concerning the 2005–2006 school year. Since the publication of more recent figures we will strive to published online.

Educational establishmentsMajadel (2005-2006)Lebanon (2005-2006)
Number of Schools52788
Public School31763
Private School21025
Students schooled in the public schools623439905
Students schooled in the private schools798471409

Economic Activities
Economic Activities (2004)
Commercial and industrial ActivityCompanies with more than five employees3
CompaniesNot available
Agricultural activityCrops typeNot available
FeaturesNot available
Mining activityMinesNot available
Activities typeNot available
Operating statusNot available

References
  1. Meaning: "The little watch-tower", according to Palmer, 1881, p. 30
  2. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 180
  3. Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
  4. Guérin, 1880, p. 407; as cited in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 137
  5. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 93

Bibliography

33.2294°N 35.3601°E / 33.2294; 35.3601

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