Qalaouiyeh

Qalaouiyeh قلويه
village
Qalaouiyeh Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°15′19″N 35°25′03″E
Grid position	189/295 PAL
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Nabatieh
District	Bint Jbeil
Elevation	400 m (1,300 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code	+961

Qalaouiyeh (Arabic: قلويه) is a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name Kalawei comes from the ancient Kelabo.

History

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Burj Alawei as: “A village, built of stone, on high ground, containing 150 Metawileh, surrounded by olives, fig-trees, and arable land. The water supply is from cisterns only." They further noted: "Ancient remains and some lintels."

Demographics

In 2014 Muslims made up 99,41% of registered voters in Qalaouiyeh. 98,22% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.

Bibliography

• Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
• Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.

External links

• Qalaouiyeh, Localiban
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons