Aalma ech Chaab

Aalma ech Chaab (Arabic: علما الشعب) is a village in the Tyre District, in Southern Lebanon.

Aalma ech Chaab
علما الشعب
Alma ash-Shab
Village
Aalma ech Chaab is located in Lebanon
Aalma ech Chaab
Aalma ech Chaab
Coordinates: 33°06′14″N 35°10′58″E
Grid position167/278 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth Governorate
DistrictTyre
Highest elevation
1,250 ft (380 m)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total1,080
Time zoneGMT +3

Name

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 Hebrew and in Aramaic.

History

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

In 2009, there were 400 members of the Saint-Élie parish of the Melkite Church in the village.[5]

References
  1. city-facts website
  2. Palmer, 1881, p. 40
  3. Guérin, 1880, p. 136
  4. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, pp. 150 -151
  5. "Territory and statistics". Eparchy Greek Melkite Catholic of Tyre. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

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