Hisah

This article is about the Lebanese village. For the coastal town in Libya, see Al Hayshah.

Hisah (Arabic: الحيصة), also spelled Hokr el Haïssa,^[3] Haysa, Hayssa, El Haïssa or Hisa, is a northern Lebanese village in the Akkar Governorate, close to the Syrian border. It is mostly inhabited by Alawites^[4][5] and Sunni Muslims.^[2]

Hisah الحيصة
Village
River by Hisah
Hisah Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 34°35′47″N 36°3′17″E
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Akkar
District	Akkar
Area [1]
• Total	2.10 km2 (0.81 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	30 m (100 ft)
Population  (2009)[2]
• Total	1,756 eligible voters
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code	+961

History

The history of the village goes back to the days of the Banu Hilal tribe, and it is named after the horse of Abu-Zayd al-Hilali.^[6]

In the late 1620s or early 1630s, the Druze strongman of and Ottoman governor Fakhr al-Din II planted a large grove of mulberry trees in Hisah, as well as Tripoli, as part of his efforts to stimulate the burgeoning silk industry of Mount Lebanon.^[7]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted the village, whose inhabitants were Alawites, located west of esh-Sheikh Mohammed.^[8]

During the 2006 Lebanon War, a bridge in the village was bombed by Israeli planes, leaving up to 12 people dead.^[9][10][11]

Demographics

In 2014, Muslims made up 99.23% of registered voters in Hisah. 50.61% of the voters were Alawites and 47.20% were Sunni Muslims.^[12]