Al-Jumayjimah
Municipality in Nabatieh
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Al-Jumayjimah (Arabic: الجميجمة, romanized: al-Jumayjimah) is a municipality in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon, located north-east of Tibnin.
Al-Jumayjimah
الجميجمة | |
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Municipality | |
  Al-Jumayjimah Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°12′23″N 35°26′27″E | |
| Grid position | 191/290 PAL |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh |
| District | Bint Jbeil |
| Elevation | 690 m (2,260 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
Etymology
According to E. H. Palmer, the name El Jumeijmeh comes from "The little sculls".[1]
History
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A small village of stone and mud, containing about 100 Metawileh, situated on hill-top, with a few olives and figs around. Water supply from cisterns."[2]
On 29 September 1992, following an attack on a South Lebanon Army outpost in Rachaf, Hizbullah fighters shot their way through a Unifil checkpoint at Al-Jumayjimah. One Irish soldier was killed, bring the total number of Unifil soldiers killed to 187, 33 of them from Ireland.[3]
Demographics
In 2014 Muslims made up 99.75% of registered voters in Al-Jumayjimah. 98.68% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[4]