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Tayr Harfa
Municipality in South Governorate, Lebanon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tayr Harfa (Arabic: طير حرفا) is a municipality in Tyre District in Southern Lebanon, located 16 kilometres south of Tyre.
Etymology
According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "The fortress of Harfa".[1]
History
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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Demographics
In 2014 Muslims made up 99.41% of registered voters in Tayr Harfa. 96.30% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[5]
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