Jannata

Jannata

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

Jannata (Arabic: جناتا) is a municipality in Southern Lebanon, located in the Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.

Etymology

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 PEF'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]

Demographics

In 2014 Muslims made up 99.24% of registered voters in Jannata. 97.70% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.^[5]

References

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 22
^ Guérin, 1880, p. 256
^ Guérin, 1880, p. 256, as translated by Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 116
^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 92
^ https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/الجنوب/صور/جناتا/المذاهب/

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.
Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
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

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

[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

[5] ttps://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/الجنوب/صور/جناتا/المذاهب/

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