Toura, Lebanon

Toura طورا
Small Town
Toura
Coordinates: 33°17′37″N 35°17′52″E
Grid position	108/151 L
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	South Governorate
District	Tyre
Elevation	1,300 ft (400 m)
Time zone	GMT +3

Toura (Arabic: طورا) is a small town in the Tyre District in South Lebanon, located 9 kilometres northeast of Tyre.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name Torah comes from "flowing water".

History

In 1875, Victor Guérin found here 450 Metawileh. He further noted that the village occupied "the summit of a hill entirely covered with fig-trees."

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village of mud and stone, situated on the top of a hill, and surrounded by figs, olives, and arable land. There are a spring and cisterns. It contains about 200 Metawileh."

Bibliography

• 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.
• Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
• 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

• Toura, Localiban
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 1: IAA, Wikimedia commons