Srobbine
| Srobbine صربين | |
|---|---|
| City | |
  Srobbine Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°9′14″N 35°21′32″E / 33.15389°N 35.35889°ECoordinates: 33°9′14″N 35°21′32″E / 33.15389°N 35.35889°E | |
| Grid position | 183/284 PAL |
| Country |
 Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
| District | Bint Jbeil District |
| Elevation | 590 m (1,940 ft) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
Srobbine, Surubbin, (Arabic: صربين ) is a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon.
Name
According to E. H. Palmer, Surubbin comes from a personal name.[1]
History
In 1852, Edward Robinson noted the village (Seribbin) on his travels in the region.[2]
In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "a small stone village, containing about eighty Metawileh, situated on hill-top, with olives and arable cultivation ; springs near, and cisterns and birket."[3]
References
Bibliography
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- 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.
- Robinson, Edward; Smith, Eli (1856). Later Biblical Researches in Palestine and adjacent regions: A Journal of Travels in the year 1852. London: John Murray.
External links
- Srobbine, Localiban
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 4: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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