Al-Bazouriyah
Municipality in South Governorate
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Al-Bazouriyah (Arabic: البازورية, romanized: al-Bāzūriyah) is a municipality in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.
Al-Bazouriyah
البازورية Al-Bazouriyeh | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Al-Bazouriyah Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°15′14″N 35°16′18″E | |
| Grid position | 175/295 PAL |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | South Governorate |
| District | Tyre District |
| Founded by | Ibrahim Y. Nehme |
| Government | |
| Elevation | 175 m (574 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 20,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +9617 |
Etymology
According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "producing pot-herbs".[1]
History
In 1596, it was named as a village, al-Bazuri, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 22 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 4,243 akçe.[2][3]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village built of stone, containing 300 Metawileh, situated on a ridge. One oil-press and one rock-cut cistern are the only antiquities. Water is obtained from a spring half a mile to the west."[4]
Demographics
In 2014 Muslims made up 99.55% of registered voters in Al-Bazouriyah. 97.81% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[5]
Notable people
Al-Bazouriyah was the ancestral home of Hassan Nasrallah.