Blida () is a municipality in

Marjayoun District The Marjayoun District is a district in the Nabatieh Governorate of Lebanon. The capital of the district is Marjayoun. Marjayoun stands at a hill facing Mount Hermon to the East, with Beaufort Castle, Lebanon, Beaufort Castle. The Litani River an ...

in southern

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Location

The municipality of Blida is located in the

Kaza A kaza (, "judgment" or "jurisdiction") was an administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire, administrative division of the Ottoman Empire. It is also discussed in English under the names district, subdistrict, and juridical district. Kazas co ...

of Marjayoun one of is one of the eight mohafazats (governorates) of

. Blida is 118 kilometers (73.3252 mi) away from

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, the capital of Lebanon. Its elevation is 630 meters (2067.03 ft - 688.968 yd) above sea level. Blida surface stretches for 1330 hectares (13.3 km² - 5.1338 mi²) .

Name

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wrote that the name ''Belidet'' meant "The little village".

History

In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing mosque, and having about 150 Moslem inhabitants, situated on a ridge, with figs, olives, and arable land. One

cistern A cistern (; , ; ) is a waterproof receptacle for holding liquids, usually water. Cisterns are often built to catch and store rainwater. To prevent leakage, the interior of the cistern is often lined with hydraulic plaster. Cisterns are disti ...

and a good spring one mile south-east of the village give the water supply." They further noted: "Here are several columns and remains of ruins. Double triangles are cut on either side of door of mosque."

Demographics

In 2014

Muslims Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

made up 99.68% of registered voters in Blida. 98.55% of the voters were

Shiite Muslims Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (imam). However, his right is understood to ...

. https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/مرجعيون/بليدا/المذاهب/

Educational establishments

References

Bibliography

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External links

Blida
Localliban: Centre de resource sur le developpement local *Survey of Western Palestine, Map 4
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{{Authority control Populated places in the Israeli security zone 1985–2000 Populated places in Marjayoun District Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon