Al-Ghandouriyah
Municipality in Nabatieh Governorate
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Al-Ghandouriyah (Arabic: الغندوريه, romanized: al-Ghandūriyah) is a municipality in Lebanon located in the Bint Jbeil District, south of Froun. It was formerly known as Aidib.
Al-Ghandouriyah
الغندوريه | |
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Municipality | |
  Al-Ghandouriyah Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°16′20″N 35°25′52″E | |
| Grid position | 190/297 PAL |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
| District | Bint Jbeil |
| Elevation | 430 m (1,410 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Etymology
In the 1800s, the village was called Aidib, and E. H. Palmer wrote in 1881 that the name came from a local form connected with “much sand”.[1]
History
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Aidib as: "A small village, built of stone and mud, situated on the slope of a hill and surrounded by a few fig-trees and olives. It contains about ninety Metawileh, and is supplied with water from three rock-cut cisterns and a spring."[2]
During the 2006 Israeli offensive against Hizbollah Israeli Nahal commandos were airlifted into Al-Ghandouriyah. A column of tanks attempting to reach them was ambushed in Wadi Salouqi. Eleven tanks were hit and seventeen Israeli soldiers killed, with fifty wounded.[3]
Demographics
In 2014 Muslims made up 100% of registered voters in Al-Ghandouriyah. 99.59% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[4]