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Haouch Tall Safiyeh

Coordinates: 34°01′30″N 36°08′23″E / 34.02500°N 36.13972°E / 34.02500; 36.13972
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Haouch Tall Safiyeh
حوش تل صفية
Village
Haouch Tall Safiyeh is located in Lebanon
Haouch Tall Safiyeh
Haouch Tall Safiyeh
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 34°01′30″N 36°08′23″E / 34.02500°N 36.13972°E / 34.02500; 36.13972
Country Lebanon
GovernorateBaalbek-Hermel Governorate
DistrictBaalbek District
Area
 • Total1.95 sq mi (5.05 km2)
Elevation
3,363 ft (1,025 m)
Population
 • Total2,000
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3
Tell Safiyeh
حوش تل صفية
Location3km southwest of Yaate near Baalbek
RegionBekaa Valley
TypeTell
History
CulturesNeolithic
Site notes
Excavation dates1933, 1954, 1957, 1966
ArchaeologistsA. Jirku, A. Kuschke, Lorraine Copeland
ConditionRuins
Public accessYes

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

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In 1838, Eli Smith noted Haush Tell Safiyeh as a Metawileh village in the Baalbek area.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Université Saint-Joseph (Beirut; Lebanon) (1969). Mélanges de l'Université Saint-Joseph, p.82. Impr. catholique. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Haouch Tall Safiyeh | Drupal". www.libandata.org. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  3. ^ 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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