Toura (Arabic: طورا) is a municipality in the Tyre District in South Lebanon, located 9 kilometres northeast of Tyre.
Etymology
According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name Torah comes from "flowing water".[1]
History
In 1875, Victor Guérin found here 450 Metawileh. He further noted that the village occupied "the summit of a hill entirely covered with fig-trees."[2]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village of mud and stone, situated on the top of a hill, and surrounded by figs, olives, and arable land. There are a spring and cisterns. It contains about 200 Metawileh."[3]
Demographics
In 2014 Muslims made up 99.89% of registered voters in Toura. 99.36% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[4]
References
Bibliography
- Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
- Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
External links
- Toura, Localiban
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 1: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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