Bissariyeh

Bissariyeh البيسارية Al-Baisariyah
Municipality
Bissariyeh Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°26′46″N 35°19′30″E
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.

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.

Notable people

• Amal Khalil

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