Al-Qaouzah | |
Native Name: | القوزح |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map showing the location of Al-Qaouzah within Lebanon |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Lebanon |
Coordinates: | 33.1214°N 35.3394°W |
Grid Position: | 181/280 PAL |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Nabatieh Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Bint Jbeil District |
Elevation Min M: | 700 |
Elevation Max M: | 800 |
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-Qaouzah (also spelled Al-Qawzah, ar|القوزح)[1] is a municipality located in the Caza of Bint Jbeil in the Nabatiye Governorate in Lebanon.
Al-Qaouzah occupies a hill with elevation ranging from 700 to 800 meters above sea level. It is located 110 km south of Beirut.[2]
The main agricultural products of Al-Qaouzah are olive, carob and tobacco. Al-Qaouzah is celebrated for the quality of its thyme and za'atar production.[3]
The Saint Joseph forest stretches from the village to the border.[4]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A small village, containing about 100 Christians, with a small Christian chapel situated on a hill-top, with figs, olives, and arable land; a few cisterns for the water supply.”[5]
The Saint Joseph church was built in 1927.[6]
In July 2006, Al-Qaouzah, like other villages that string Lebanon's southern border, such as Ain Ebel, Debel, Rmaish, and Yaroun, was caught in the 2006 Lebanon War of Hezbollah and the Israeli army.[7]
In 2019, a monkey owned by Sister Beatrice Mauger, who runs a peace project in the village, breached the border with Israel, and after a week on the loose and media frenzy, was returned to its owner by United Nations peacekeepers.[8]
Al-Qaouzah, like other villages along the border, was caught in the crossfire during the 2023 Israel–Lebanon border conflict.[9] [10]
In 2014 Christians made up 97.59% of registered voters in Al-Qaouzah. 92.03% of the voters were Maronite Catholics. The Christian population is mostly Maronite.[11]
. 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.