Deir Intar (Dayr Antar, Deir Entar, ) is a municipality in

Southern Lebanon Southern Lebanon () is the area of Lebanon comprising the South Governorate and the Nabatiye Governorate. The two entities were divided from the same province in the early 1990s. The Rashaya and Western Beqaa districts, the southernmost distr ...

in the

Bint Jbeil District The Bint Jbeil District (, ') is a district in the Nabatiyeh Governorate of Lebanon. The capital of the district is Bint Jbeil. Municipalities The following 36 municipalities are all located in the Bint Jbeil District: * Ain Ebel * Aitaroun * A ...

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Etymology

E. H. Palmer wrote that the name means "the convent of arches".

Geography

It is about south of

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and east of Tyre, in the heart of what is known as "

Jabal Amel Jabal Amil (; also spelled Jabal Amel and historically known as Jabal Amila) is a cultural and geographic region in Southern Lebanon largely associated with its long-established, predominantly Twelver Shia Muslim inhabitants. Its precise boundari ...

". Its main features include a cave, a main square, and 3 mosques.

Location

The village is surrounded several villages including:

Tibnin Tibnin ( ''Tibnīn'', also Romanized ''Tibnîn'', ''Tebnine'' etc.) is a municipality spread across several hills (ranging in altitude from 700m to 800m (2,275 ft to 2,600 ft) above sea level) located about east of Tyre, Lebanon, Tyre ...

, As-Sultaniyah, Bir El Sanasel, Al-Majadel, Mahrouna, Mazraat Meshref, Haris,

Kfar Dounin Kfar Dounin or Kfardounin () is municipality in Lebanon, 102 km from the capital Beirut and 580 m from sea coast remote. Adjacent villages: Deir Kifa, Alkaline, Kherbet Selem, Deir Intar. It is considered first of villages in Bent Jbe ...

, and other southern villages.

History

In 1875

Victor Guérin Victor Guérin (; 15 September 1821 – 21 September 1890) was a French people, French intellectual, explorer and amateur archaeologist. He published books describing the geography, archeology and history of the areas he explored, which included ...

visited and found here 160

Metualis Lebanese Shia Muslims (), communally and historically known as ''matāwila'' (, plural of ''mutawālin''; pronounced as ''metouéle'' in Lebanese Arabic), are Lebanese people who are adherents of Shia Islam in Lebanon, which plays a major role ...

. He further noted: "Most of the houses show a mixture of old hewn stones and modern materials without character. Several tombs, cisterns, a great press, with two compartments, and a rock-cut tank point to a period of more or less antiquity.' In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it as: A village, built of stone, containing about 150

Metawileh Lebanese Shia Muslims (), communally and historically known as ''matāwila'' (, plural of ''mutawālin''; pronounced as ''metouéle'' in Lebanese Arabic), are Lebanese people who are adherents of Shia Islam in Lebanon, which plays a major role ...

, situated on a hill, surrounded by olives, fig-trees, and arable land, with waters supplied from birket and cisterns. On 4 November 2024, Israeli warplanes launched two missiles at Deir Intar Square, neither of which exploded.

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 98.91% of registered voters in Deir Intar. 97.86% of the voters were Shiite Muslims. https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/بنت-جبيل/دير-انطار/المذاهب/

Municipal

Mayor: Mr. Rida Redwan Hojeij

Monuments

Religious monuments

There are mosques: * Mosque Imam Mahdi (''Almallule'') * Mosque Imam Hussein (''Al-Barakah'') * Mosque Imam Ali (''Al-shajara'') * Mosque Al-Hamra The

Imam Imam (; , '; : , ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a prayer leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Salah, Islamic prayers, serve as community leaders, ...

khatib In Islam, a khatib or khateeb ( ''khaṭīb'') is a person who delivers the sermon (''khuṭbah'') (literally "narration"), during the Friday prayer and Eid prayers. The ''khateeb'' is usually the prayer leader (''imam''), but the two roles can ...

of Deyrintar are: * Sheikh Houssain Alatrash *

Sheikh Sheikh ( , , , , ''shuyūkh'' ) is an honorific title in the Arabic language, literally meaning "elder (administrative title), elder". It commonly designates a tribal chief or a Muslim ulama, scholar. Though this title generally refers to me ...

Haitham Youssef Hjej

Civilian facilities

* The municipal building * The public square

References

Bibliography

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External links

*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2:
IAAWikimedia commons
Localiban {{Bint Jbeil District Populated places in Bint Jbeil District Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon