Kounin
Municipality in Nabatieh Governorate
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Kounin (Arabic: كونين) is a municipality in Lebanon located in Bint Jbeil District, south-east of Tibnin.
Kounin
كونين | |
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Municipality | |
  Kounin Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°08′56″N 35°26′17″E | |
| Grid position | 191/283 PAL |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
| District | Bint Jbeil District |
| Elevation | 710 m (2,330 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Etymology
E. H. Palmer wrote that the name Kounin came from a personal name.[1]
History
In 1875, Victor Guérin gives the population of this place at 400, divided between Moslems and Metawileh.[2]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing about 200 Metawileh ; it is situated on ridge, with olives and arable land around ; water from cisterns in the village and from a large birket."[3] They further noted: "There are two round and two octagonal pillars at this village, remains of old materials, and a lintel measuring 17' long and bearing a Greek inscription. There are also several cisterns and a large birkeh. The inscription on the lintel is probably the common formula, KYPIE BOHΘH ("Help, Lord")."[4]
In March 2024, senior Hezbollah commander in the elite Redwan force, Ismail al-Zin, was killed by an Israeli drone strike in Kounin.[5]
Demographics
In 2014 Muslims made up 99.60% of registered voters in Kounin. 97.67% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[6]