Tayr Harfa
طير حرفا | |
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Municipality | |
  Tayr Harfa Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°7′35″N 35°13′9″E / 33.12639°N 35.21917°E | |
| Grid position | 170/281 PAL |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | South Governorate |
| District | Tyre |
| Highest elevation | 1,380 ft (420 m) |
| Time zone | GMT +3 |
Tayr Harfa (Arabic: طير حرفا, romanized: Ṭayr Ḥarfā) is a municipality in Tyre District in Southern Lebanon, located 16 kilometres south of Tyre.
According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "The fortress of Harfa".
In 1852, during the late Ottoman era, Edward Robinson noted it on his travels in the region.
In 1875, Victor Guérin found here 200 Metuali inhabitants.
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A stone and mud village, containing about 200 Moslems, on a hill, with olives, figs, and arable land, and waste ground covered with brushwood. Water from cisterns."
In 2014 Muslims made up 99.41% of registered voters in Tayr Harfa. 96.30% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.
