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Aalma ash-Shaab

Aalma ash-Shaab
علما الشعب
'Alma ash Sha'b
Municipality
Aalma ash-Shaab is located in Lebanon
Aalma ash-Shaab
Aalma ash-Shaab
Coordinates: 33°06′14″N 35°10′58″E / 33.10389°N 35.18278°E / 33.10389; 35.18278
Grid position167/278 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth Governorate
DistrictTyre
Highest elevation
1,250 ft (380 m)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total
1,080
Time zoneGMT +3

Aalma ash-Shaab (Arabic: علما الشعب) is a municipality in the Tyre District, in Southern Lebanon.

Etymology

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

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]

Since the beginning of the Hamas–Israel war on October 7, 2023, 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 "Hezbollah infrastructure", which according to the deputy mayor, destroyed several structures in the village.[6]

Demographics

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

Climate data for Aalma ash-Shaab, elevation 385 m (1,263 ft)
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

  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.
  6. ^ "Israel-Lebanon: How Israeli rockets emptied a Mediterranean village in Lebanon". BBC. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
  7. ^ https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/الجنوب/صور/علما-الشعب/المذاهب/
  8. ^ "World-wide Agroclimatic Data of FAO (FAOCLIM)". Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations. Retrieved 21 December 2024.

Bibliography

Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aalma_ash-Shaab