Blat, Marjayoun

For other places with similar names, see Blat (disambiguation).

Village in Nabatieh Governorate

Blat

بلاط

Village

Ravine, in the Litani River by Blat, ca 1851, by van de Velde

Blat

Location within Lebanon

Coordinates: 33°23′10″N 35°36′02″E﻿ / ﻿33.38611°N 35.60056°E﻿ / 33.38611; 35.60056
Grid position| 136/161 L
Country|  Lebanon
Governorate| Nabatieh Governorate
District| Marjeyoun District
Elevation

| 680 m (2,230 ft)
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code| +961

Blat (Arabic: بلاط) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon, located just north of Marjeyoun.

## History

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In 1596, it was named as a village, Balat, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 56 households and 2 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25 % on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, vineyards, goats, beehives; in addition to occasional revenues, a press for olive oil or grape syrup and a water mill; a total of 6,000 akçe.[1][2]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Blat's population as being Metawileh.[3]

On 27 December 1993, during the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon, a Norwegian soldier was killed when an Israeli tank, stationed in neighbouring Aishiyeh, fired on his UNIFIL patrol outside Blat. The Indian Army contingent with UNIFIL had a small base camp in the village.[4]

## Demographics

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In 2014 Muslims made up 88,35% and Christians made up 11,13% of registered voters in Blat. 84,89% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[5]

## References

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1. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 183
2. ^ Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 Archived 2019-04-20 at the Wayback Machine writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
3. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 137
4. ^ Tveit, Odd Karsten (2010) Goodbye Lebanon. Israel's First Defeat. Rimal Publication. Translated by Peter Scott-Hansen. ISBN 978-9963-715-03-9 pp.278,373
5. ^ https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/مرجعيون/بلاط/المذاهب/

## Bibliography

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* Hütteroth, W.-D.; Abdulfattah, K. (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
* Rhode, Harold (1979). Administration and Population of the Sancak of Safed in the Sixteenth Century. Columbia University. Archived from the original on 2019-04-20. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
* Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3\. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.

## External links

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* Blat Archived 2016-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, Localiban

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Marjeyoun District, Nabatieh Governorate

Capital|

Marjeyoun

Towns and villages|

* Aadchit
* Ain Arab
* Al-Buwaydah
* Al-Suwanah
* Al-Wazzani
* Alman
* Bani Haiyyan
* Blat
* Blida
* Burj al-Mulouk
* Deir Mimas
* Deir Siriane
* Dibbine
* Hula
* Ibl al-Saqi
* Kafr Kila
* Khiam
* Majdel Selm
* Markaba
* Meiss Ej Jabal
* Muhajbib
* Odaisseh
* Qabrikha
* Qantara
* Qlaiaa
* Qoussair
* Rab El Thalathine
* Sarda Walaamra
* Talloussa
* Tayibe
* Toulin

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