Haouch Tall Safiyeh or Haouch Tal Safiya (حوش تل صفية) is a village and an archaeological site 3 km southwest of
Yaate near
Baalbek in
Baalbek-Hermel Governorate. It dates at least to the
Neolithic period
The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several parts ...
.
The village is mostly
Shiite
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, with 499 Shiite voters, 171
Maronites
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and 14
Sunnis.
History
In 1838,
Eli Smith noted ''Haush Tell Safiyeh'' as a
Metawileh
Lebanese Shia Muslims ( ar, المسلمون الشيعة اللبنانيين), historically known as ''matāwila'' ( ar, متاولة, plural of ''mutawālin'' ebanese pronounced as ''metouali'' refers to Lebanese people who are adherents ...
village in the
Baalbek area.
References
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Populated places in Baalbek District
Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon
Neolithic settlements
Bronze Age sites in Lebanon