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Village in South Governorate, Lebanon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tayr Harfa (Arabic: طير حرفا) is a village in Tyre District in Southern Lebanon, located 16 kilometres south of Tyre.
Tayr Harfa
طير حرفا | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 33°7′35″N 35°13′9″E | |
Grid position | 170/281 PAL |
Country | Lebanon |
Governorate | South Governorate |
District | Tyre |
Highest elevation | 1,380 ft (420 m) |
Time zone | GMT +3 |
According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "The fortress of Harfa".[1]
In 1852, during the late Ottoman era, Edward Robinson noted it on his travels in the region.[2]
In 1875, Victor Guérin found here 200 Metuali inhabitants.[3]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A stone and mud village, containing about 200 Moslems, on a hill, with olives, figs, and arable land, and waste ground covered with brushwood. Water from cisterns."[4]
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