Al-Jumayjimah | |
Native Name: | الجميجمة |
Native Name Lang: | ara |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map showing the location of Al-Jumayjimah within Lebanon |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Lebanon |
Coordinates: | 33.2064°N 35.4408°W |
Grid Position: | 191/290 PAL |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Nabatieh |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Bint Jbeil |
Leader Title: | mayor |
Elevation M: | 690 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | EET |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +3 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | +961 |
Al-Jumayjimah (ar|الجميجمة) is a municipality in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon, located north-east of Tibnin.
According to E. H. Palmer, the name El Jumeijmeh comes from "The little sculls".[1]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A small village of stone and mud, containing about 100 Metawileh, situated on hill-top, with a few olives and figs around. Water supply from cisterns."[2]
On 29 September 1992, following an attack on a South Lebanon Army outpost in Rachaf, Hizbullah fighters shot their way through a Unifil checkpoint at Al-Jumayjimah. One Irish soldier was killed, bring the total number of Unifil soldiers killed to 187, 33 of them from Ireland.[3]
In 2014 Muslims made up 99.75% of registered voters in Al-Jumayjimah. 98.68% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[4]
. Edward Henry Palmer. 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.