Libbaya

Libbaya
لبايا
Town
Libbaya is located in Lebanon
Libbaya
Libbaya
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°28′57″N 35°43′26″E / 33.48250°N 35.72389°E / 33.48250; 35.72389
Country Lebanon
GovernorateBeqaa Governorate
DistrictWestern Beqaa District

Libbaya (لبايا) is a village in the Beka'a Valley of Lebanon, situated in the Western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Governorate. It lies southeast of Sohmor.

History

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There is a Roman temple near the town that was called Ain Libbaya or Ayn Libbaya. It was classified amongst a group of Temples of Mount Hermon by George Taylor.[1]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Libbaya's population as being Metawileh.[2]

During the war in the 1980s, four Israeli Cobra helicopters backing the attacking force strafed Libbaya and nearby villages, killing a Lebanese soldier.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Taylor, 1971, p.?
  2. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 138
  3. ^ Asian Peoples' Anti-Communist League; Asian-Pacific Anti-Communist League (1988). Asian bulletin. APACL Publications. p. 64. Retrieved 23 April 2011.

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