Srobbin, Surubbin, () is a municipality 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 ...

in southern

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. The municipality is located in the region of

Nabatiye Nabatieh (, ', Syriac-Aramaic: ܐܠܢܒܛܝܥ), or Nabatîyé (), is a city of the Nabatieh Governorate, in southern Lebanon. History Nabateans The most accepted theory is related to the Nabateans (spelled النبطي), an ancient Arab ...

about 27km away from the region's capital

and about 83km away from Lebanon's capital

Beirut Beirut ( ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the List of largest cities in the Levant region by populatio ...

Etymology

According to E. H. Palmer, Srobbin comes from a personal name.

History

In 1852, Edward Robinson noted the village (''Seribbin'') on his travels in the region. In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it as: "a small stone village, containing about eighty

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 hill-top, with olives and arable cultivation; springs near, and

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 ...

s and birket."

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 99.49% of registered voters in Srobbin. 98.36% of the voters were Shiite Muslims. https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/بنت-جبيل/صربين/المذاهب/

References

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External links

Srobbine
Localiban *Survey of Western Palestine, Map 4
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{{Bint Jbeil District Populated places in Bint Jbeil District Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon