Barish

Barish (Arabic: باريش) is a local authority in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.

For the minor planet, see 17803 Barish.
Barish
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Map showing the location of Barish within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Barish within Lebanon
Barish
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°16′23″N 35°21′14″E
Grid position183/297 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth Lebanon Governorate
DistrictTyre District
Elevation
[1]
350 m (1,150 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Name

E. H. Palmer wrote in 1881 that the name Barish meant "abounding in herbage".[2]

Anis Freiha said that the origin of the name is Syriac: “The house of the chief and the lieutenant colonel, and he mentioned that there is another possibility that it is from the Hebrew bero ?sh: cypress, and in the Aramaic bero ?sh, and in the Syriac.” [3]

Location

Barish is located in the South Governorate, Tyre District. It is 350 m above sea level and 89 kilometers to the southwest of Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, or about an hour and a half, and 16 km from the center of its district Tyre. Its land area is 404 hectares.[1][4] The number of its registered residents is 5000, expatriates 1500.

History

In 1875 Victor Guérin found that it had 300 Metawileh inhabitants.[5] He further noted: "It is surrounded by plantations of fig trees, olive trees and tobacco; some houses and a small mosque were partly built with ancient materials, either found on site or from Broukhai".[5]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Barish as: "A village, built of stone, containing about 200 Christians, situated on the top of a hill, surrounded by gardens, figs, and arable land ; water supplied from cisterns in the village and spring near."[6]

Education
Educational establishmentsBarish (2005-2006)Lebanon (2005–2006)
Number of Schools12788
Public School11763
Private School01025
Students schooled in the public schools431439905
Students schooled in the private schools0471409

References
  1. "Barish". www.localiban.org. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. Palmer, 1881, p. 18
  3. Daher, Al Cheick Saliman. Dictionary of Jabal Amel Village. Imam Al-Sadiq Foundation for Research in the Heritage of the Scholars of Jabal Amel. p. 73.
  4. "Barish". baladi-lb.com.
  5. Guérin, 1880, p. 261: A sept heures vingt-cinq minutes, je descends de cette colline vers l'ouest-sud-ouest, et, après avoir franchi un vallon, je monte à Beyrich, village qui compte une population de 3oo Métualis. Il est entouré de plantations de figuiers, d'oliviers et de tabac; quelques maisons et une petite mosquée ont été en partie construites avec des matériaux antiques, soit trouvés surplace, soit provenant de Broukhai.
  6. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 91

Bibliography
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