Haouch Tall Safiyeh or Haouch Tal Safiya (حوش تل صفية) is a village and an archaeological site 3 km southwest of Yaate near Baalbek in Baalbek-Hermel Governorate. It dates at least to the Neolithic period.[1] The village is mostly Shiite, with 499 Shiite voters, 171 Maronites and 14 Sunnis.[2]
History
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Haush Tell Safiyeh as a Metawileh village in the Baalbek area.[3]
References
- ^ Université Saint-Joseph (Beirut; Lebanon) (1969). Mélanges de l'Université Saint-Joseph, p.82. Impr. catholique. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ^ "Haouch Tall Safiyeh | Drupal". www.libandata.org. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
- ^ Robinson, Edward; Smith, Eli (1841). Biblical researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea : a journal of travels in the year 1838. Robarts - University of Toronto. Boston : Crocker. p. 145.
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