Hanin () is a municipality in
Lebanon
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located 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 ...
.
Etymology
E. H. Palmer wrote that the name Hanin came from a personal name. However, the name has Semitic-Arabic roots, which means "Mercy".
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 ...
found the village to have 250
Metuali
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inhabitants.
In 1881, the
PEF's
''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it as: "A small village, built of stone; 100 Moslems; on end of rocky ridge, with vineyards and arable land; water from 'Ain Hanin in the valley below."
They further noted: "This is evidently an ancient site ; the rock to the south of the village is cut into
cistern
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Cisterns are disti ...
s ; tombs with side and end on kokim
loculi
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;
sarcophagi
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or tombs covered with flat lid on the surface; birkets for holding rainwater; olive-presses and wine-presses in considerable numbers, all cut
in the rock. There is no ancient masonry in the village, except at the mouth of an enormous cistern, where the round arches that support the wheel for drawing up the water may be ancient. A little down the hill on the south-east there are some sarcophagi cut out of the rock on pedestals ; steps lead up on the west side to one of them ; there are grooves for the lids to fit into, but these are in all cases wanting ; they had probably a ridge and knobs at the four corners, as frequently observed elsewhere."
Demographics
In 2014
Muslims
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made up 99.32% of registered voters in Hanin. 97.83% of the voters were
Shiite Muslims.
[ https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/بنت-جبيل/حانين/المذاهب/ ]
References
Bibliography
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External links
Hanine Localiban
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 4
IAAWikimedia commons
{{Bint Jbeil District
Populated places in Bint Jbeil District
Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon