Talloussa

Talloussa
طلوسة
Village
Map showing the location of Rab El Thalathine within Lebanon
Talloussa

Location within Lebanon

Coordinates: 33°14′10.5″N 35°29′06.2″E / 33.236250°N 35.485056°E / 33.236250; 35.485056Coordinates: 33°14′10.5″N 35°29′06.2″E / 33.236250°N 35.485056°E / 33.236250; 35.485056
Grid position 195/293 PAL
Country  Lebanon
Governorate Nabatieh Governorate
District Marjeyoun District
Elevation 520 m (1,710 ft)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Dialing code +961

Talloussa (طلوسة) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name comes from a personal name.[1]

History

In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "A small village, built of stone, containing about 100 Metawileh, situated on hill-top, and surrounded by arable cultivation, water supplied from cisterns and birket."[2]

During the 2006 Lebanon War, Israeli warplanes killed three civilians belonging to the Mukhtar´s family in the village.[3]

References

  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 33
  2. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 90
  3. HRW, 2007, p. 101

Bibliography

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