Batoulay
Batoulay
باتوليه | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
Batoulay | |
| Coordinates: 33°13′29″N 35°15′15″E / 33.22472°N 35.25417°E | |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Governorate | South Governorate |
| District | Tyre |
| Time zone | GMT +3 |
Batoulay (Arabic: باتوليه) (old name: Beit Hulei (meaning "the house of Hûlei"[1]), is a municipality in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.
History
In 1875 Victor Guérin visited the village (which he called Beit Oula) and described it: "As for the village, it consists of about thirty houses fairly well built and surrounded by a perimeter wall. Some beautiful ashlars, remains of an ancient building, are noticed here and there. Its population is 150 Metualis. As I walk through it quickly, I observe a pool partly dug in the rock, two presses, also ancient and made in the rock, and a sarcophagus still equipped with its lid".[2]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as "A village built of stone, with a few mud houses, containing 100 Metawileh, situated on rising ground, surrounded by figs and arable land. There are no ruins of importance; a few cisterns. The water supply is from 'Ain Furawiyat".[3]
Demographics
In 2014, Muslims made up 99.49% of registered voters in Batoulay. 99.27% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[4]
Bibliography
- Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
- 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.
References
External links
- Batoulay (archive.org), localiban
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 1: IAA, Wikimedia commons
