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Tanbourit

Tanbourit
طنبوريت
Municipality
Tanbourit is located in Lebanon
Tanbourit
Tanbourit
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°30′57″N 35°24′54″E / 33.51583°N 35.41500°E / 33.51583; 35.41500
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth Governorate
DistrictSidon District
Area
  Land1.11 sq mi (2.87 km2)
Elevation980 ft (300 m)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Tanbourit (Arabic: طنبوريت, romanized: Ṭanbūrīt) is a municipality in the Sidon District of the South Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Beirut.[1]

History

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In 1875 Victor Guérin traveled in the region, and noted the village Tanbourit "beyond a ravine". The inhabitants were Maronites.[2]

Demographics

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In 2014, Christians made up 98.40% of registered voters in Tanbourit. 86.10% of the voters were Maronite Catholics.[3]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Tanbourit, Localiban
  2. Guérin, 1880, p. 515: "A midi cinquante-cinq minutes, je redescends vers l'ouest dans l'Oued Sanik, qui commence à s'élargir, et les hautes berges qui l'encadrent s'abaissent peu à peu. A une heure quinze minutes, je gravis de nouveau cet oued vers le sud; puis, continuant à monter vers le sud-sud-est, je laisse à ma gauche, à une heure trente-cinq minutes, au delà d'un ravin, le village de Tambourit, dont la population est maronite."
  3. "التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة طنبوريت، قضاء صيدا (قرى) محافظة الجنوب في لبنان". إعْرَفْ لبنان.

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