Haris () is a municipality, in the region of South Lebanon.

Etymology

According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "guarded".

History

'Here there appear to be no vestiges of ancient constructions, except a circular

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cut in the rock. Guérin suggests that it may be the site of the ancient Harosheth.' (). "This identification is strengthened by the fact that the same word which occurs in the name Kir Haroseth, the modern Kerak, exists in the present local dialect in

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, under the same form, Harith or Haris."

Ottoman era

In the 1596 tax record, it was named as a village, ''Haris,'' in the Ottoman ''

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'' (subdistrict) of Tebnin under the ''

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'' (district) of

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, with a population of 102 households and 8 bachelor, all

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. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as

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, olive trees, vegetable and fruit garden, orchard, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 3,124 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 181 In 1852, Edward Robinson noted the village on his travels in the region. In 1875,

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found the village to contain 200 Metawileh. In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, containing about 100 . Metawileh, situated on hill-top, with vineyards, figs, and arable cultivation. There is a birket and many cisterns at the village, and a spring near."

Modern era

On 24 July 2006, during the 2006 Lebanon-Israel war,

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i warplanes killed 12 people in the village, in two different strikes. The first strike killed 4

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fighters, while the second strike demolished a house 100 meters away, killing 8 civilians, aged between 16 and 77 years. In November 2006, Italian UNIFIL soldiers were accused of theft in a military store in this village.

Demographics

In 2014

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made up 99.39% of registered voters in Haris. 98.94% of the voters were Shiite Muslims. https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/بنت-جبيل/حاريص/المذاهب/

References

Bibliography

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External links

*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2:
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Localiban {{Bint Jbeil District Populated places in the Israeli security zone 1985–2000 Populated places in Bint Jbeil District Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon