Jennata

Jennata
جناتا
Jannata

Road in Jennata
Map showing the location of Jennata within Lebanon
Jennata

Location within Lebanon

Coordinates: 33°17′10″N 35°19′10″E / 33.28611°N 35.31944°E / 33.28611; 35.31944Coordinates: 33°17′10″N 35°19′10″E / 33.28611°N 35.31944°E / 33.28611; 35.31944
Grid position 110/150 L
Country  Lebanon
Governorate South Lebanon Governorate
District Tyre District
Elevation 250 m (820 ft)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

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

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name comes from Jennat, garden.[1]

History

In 1875, Victor Guérin found the village, (which he called Djennateh), to have 60 Metawileh inhabitants.[2] He further noted: "The village contains a number of ruined houses. A little mosque is partly built of ancient materials."[3]

In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A small village of stone and mud, containing about 100 Moslems. […] It lies low, on arable land. The water is supplied by two wells in the village."[4]

References

  1. ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 22
  2. ↑ Guérin, 1880, p. 256
  3. ↑ Guérin, 1880, p. 256, as translated by Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 116
  4. ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 92

Bibliography

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