Beit Lif
Municipality in Nabatieh Governorate
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Beit Lif (Arabic: بيت ليف) is a municipality in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon.
Beit Lif
بيت ليف | |
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Municipality | |
  Beit Lif Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°8′1″N 35°19′58″E | |
| Grid position | 181/282 PAL |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
| District | Bint Jbeil District |
| Elevation | 530 m (1,740 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961(7) |
Etymology
According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "the house of lif" (palm-fibre).[1]
History
In 1852, Edward Robinson noted that the year before, a quantity of gold coin were found at Beit Lif, which was taken to Beirut and given to the Pasha. He further noted that the people were planting millet and tobacco.[2]
In 1875, Victor Guérin found here a village with 80 Metuali inhabitants.[3]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing about 150 Moslems [..] situated on a hill-top, with a few olives and arable land. Two cisterns and a birket near supply the water."[4]
On 23 November 1997 a South Lebanon Army compound on the edge of the village came under artillery fire. Eight civilians were killed. Amal was believed to be responsible for the shelling.[5]
Demographics
In 2014 Muslims made up 99.80% of registered voters in Beit Lif. 97.74% of the voters were Shiite Muslims. [6]