Bissariyeh

Bissariyeh
البيسارية
Al-Baisariyah
Municipality
Bissariyeh is located in Lebanon
Bissariyeh
Bissariyeh
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°26′46″N 35°19′30″E / 33.44611°N 35.32500°E / 33.44611; 35.32500
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth Governorate
DistrictSidon District
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Babliyeh (Arabic: البيسارية, romanized: al-Baysāriyah) is a municipality in the Sidon District of the South Governorate in Lebanon.

History

In 1875, during the end of the Ottoman era, Victor Guérin noted the village was inhabited with Metualis.

Demographics

In 2014 Muslims made up 99.75% of registered voters in Babliyeh. 70.40% of the voters were Shiite Muslims and 29.34% were Sunni Muslims.

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ Guérin, 1880, p.542
  2. ↑ "التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة البيسارية، قضاء صيدا (قرى) محافظة الجنوب في لبنان". إعْرَفْ لبنان.

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