Bissariyeh

Bissariyeh البيسارية Al-Baisariyah
Municipality
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
Governorate	South Governorate
District	Sidon District
Time zone	UTC+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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Notable people

• Amal Khalil

References

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

Bibliography

• Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.

External links

• Bissariyeh (archive.org), Localiban