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Blida بليدا
Municipality
Blida Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°08′24″N 35°30′55″E
Grid position	198/282 PAL
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Nabatieh Governorate
District	Marjayoun District
Elevation	701 m (2,300 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code	+961

Blida (Arabic: بليدا, romanized: Blīdā) is a municipality in Marjayoun District in southern Lebanon.

Location

The municipality of Blida is located in the Kaza of Marjayoun one of is one of the eight mohafazats (governorates) of Lebanon. Blida is 118 kilometers (73.3252 mi) away from Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. Its elevation is 630 meters (2067.03 ft – 688.968 yd) above sea level. Blida surface stretches for 1330 hectares (13.3 km² – 5.1338 mi²).

Name

E. H. Palmer wrote that the name Belidet meant "The little village".

History

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing [a] mosque, and having about 150 Moslem inhabitants, situated on a ridge, with figs, olives, and arable land. One cistern and a good spring one mile south-east of the village give the water supply."

They further noted: "Here are several columns and remains of ruins. Double triangles are cut on either side of [the] door of [the] mosque."

Demographics

In 2014 Muslims made up 99.68% of registered voters in Blida. 98.55% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.

Educational establishments

Educational establishments	Blida (2005–2006)	Lebanon (2005–2006)
Number of Schools	2	2,788
Public School	2	1,763
Private School	0	1,025
Students schooled in the public schools	200	439,905
Students schooled in the private schools	Not available	471,409

Bibliography

• "L'armée israélienne rase un cimetière à Blida, détruit une école et fait sauter des maisons à Meis el-Jabal et Ramiyé", L'Orient le Jour, 20 octobre 2024.
• Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
• Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.

External links

• Blida Localliban: Centre de resource sur le developpement local
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 4: IAA, Wikimedia commons