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Bint Jbeil (Arabic: بنت جبيل, romanized: Bint Jubayl; Levantine pronunciation: [bɪnt ʒbeːl], "daughter of (the) little mountain" or "daughter of Byblos") is the second largest municipality in the Nabatiye Governorate in Southern Lebanon.
The Bint Jbeil District (Arabic: قضاء بنت جبيل, Qaḍāʾ Bint Jubayl) is a district in the Nabatiyeh Governorate of Lebanon. The capital of the district is Bint Jbeil . Municipalities
The Battle of Bint Jbeil was one of the main battles of the 2006 Lebanon War. Bint Jbeil is a major town of some 20,000 (mainly Shia ) inhabitants in Southern Lebanon . Although Brigadier General Gal Hirsch announced on 25 July that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had "complete control" of Bint Jbeil, this statement was later discredited.
In Bint Jbeil, large swathes of which have been reduced to rubble, the atmosphere is tense. We were warned not to walk further down one street due to the potential for incoming Israeli fire.
7.1 Bint Jbeil District (33) 7.2 Hasbaya District (15) 7.3 Marjeyoun District (25) 7.4 Nabatieh District (38) 8 North Governorate. Toggle North Governorate subsection.
Bint Jbeil electoral district (Arabic: دائرة بنت جبيل) was an electoral district in Lebanon. It covered all areas of the Bint Jbeil District . [ 1 ] The constituency elected three Shia Muslim members of the Parliament of Lebanon (for more information on the Lebanese electoral system, see Elections in Lebanon ).
Al-Ghandouriyah (Arabic: الغندوريه) is a municipality in Lebanon located in the Bint Jbeil District, south of Froun. It was formerly known as Aidib.
There was a reform of the seat distribution of parliamentary constituencies in 1957, but Bint Jbeil remained a single-member constituency. Instead the neighbouring electoral district of Nabatieh was awarded an additional Shia seat. Ahmad al-As'ad argued that this move had been done deliberately to curtail his political influence. [4]