Jwaya

{{Infobox settlement  | name = Jwaya | native_name = جويا | native_name_lang = ar | settlement_type = Municipality | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = Jwaya | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Lebanon | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|33|14|N|35|20|E|display=inline,title}} | grid_position =181/293 [[Palestine grid|PAL]] | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Lebanon]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Governorates of Lebanon|Governorate]] | subdivision_name1 = [[South Governorate]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Lebanon|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Tyre District|Tyre]] | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Meteric UK | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 300 | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_note = |timezone = +2 |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = +3 |utc_offset_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Jwaya''' ({{langx|ar|جويا|Jwayā}}), or '''Jouaiya''',<ref>From personal name, Palmer, 1881, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/23/mode/1up 23]</ref> is a municipality in [[Tyre District]], [[South Governorate]], Lebanon. It is located in the center of [[Jabal Amil]], {{Convert|95|km|mi}} from the capital [[Beirut]], {{Convert|54|km|mi}} from [[Sidon Eyalet|Sidon]], and {{Convert|16|km|mi}} from [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]]. Its elevation is {{Convert|298|m|ft}} above sea level.

==History== In 1596, it was named as a village, ''Juba'', in the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] ''[[nahiyah]]'' (subdistrict) of [[Tibnin]] under the ''[[Liwa (Arabic)|liwa]]'' (district) of [[Safad]], with a population of 87 households and 38 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as [[wheat]], [[barley]], fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 11,859 [[akçe]].<ref name="Hutteroth">Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 180</ref><ref>Note that Rhode, 1979, p. [https://www.academia.edu/2026845/The_Administration_and_Population_of_the_Sancak_of_Safed_in_the_Sixteenth_Century 6] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010135324/http://www.academia.edu/2026845/The_Administration_and_Population_of_the_Sancak_of_Safed_in_the_Sixteenth_Century |date=2016-10-10 }} writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9</ref>

Several [[lintel]]s have been found here.<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/116/mode/1up 116]</ref> In 1881, the [[Palestine Exploration Fund|PEF]]'s [[PEF Survey of Palestine|''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP)]] described it as "a large village, built of stone and of good materials, containing about 1,000 [[Metawileh]]. They weave and dye cloth, and have a small market. It is situated on a hill, and is surrounded with olives, figs, and arable land. The water supply is from two springs and many cisterns."<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/92/mode/1up 92]</ref>

In mid-August 1986, three French soldiers – all members of [[UNIFIL]] – were killed by a remote-controlled bomb while jogging through Jwaya. The incident followed the killing of two [[Lebanese Resistance Regiments|Amal]] officials at a French checkpoint. At the time there were 605 French soldiers and 786 logistics staff serving with UNIFIL.<ref>[[Middle East International]] No 283, 12 September 1986, Publishers [[Christopher Mayhew|Lord Mayhew]], [[Dennis Walters|Dennis Walters MP]]; [[Jim Muir]] p.12; Jules Kagian p.12</ref>

After [[Operation Accountability]], in July 1993, some units of the [[Lebanese Armed Forces]] were deployed closer to the Lebanese border with Israel. A small base was established in Jwaya. It was the most southerly point of their deployment.<ref>Middle East International No 462, 5 November 1993, Publishers [[Christopher Mayhew|Lord Mayhew]], [[Dennis Walters|Dennis Walters MP]]; Editor [[Michael Adams (journalist)|Michael Adams]]; Cherif J. Cordahi ‘Letter from South Lebanon’ p.24</ref>

==Demographics== In 2014, [[Islam in Lebanon|Muslims]] made up 99.18% of registered voters in Jwaya. 97.00% of the voters were [[Lebanese Shia Muslims|Shia Muslims]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة جويا، قضاء صور محافظة الجنوب في لبنان |url=https://lub-anan.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A7/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B0%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A8/ |access-date=2025-08-08 |website=إعْرَفْ لبنان |language=en}}</ref>

==Educational establishments== {{Unreferenced section|date=August 2025}} The table below provides a comparison of public and private schools locally and nationally. It can be used to assess the distribution of students between public and private institutions both locally and nationally. All data provided on education concerning the 2005–2006 school year.{{Citation needed|date=August 2016}}

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Educational establishments !! Jwaya (2005–2006) !! Lebanon (2005–2006) |- | Schools || 6 || 2,788 |- | Public schools || 4 || 1,763 |- | Private schools|| 2 || 1,025 |- | Students in public schools || 1,160 || 439,905 |- | Students in private schools || 530 || 471,409 |}

== Media == * Ahl Jwaya Group: [http://www.ahljwaya.com www.ahljwaya.com] * Jwaya First: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130930083044/http://www.jwayafirst.com/ www.jwayafirst.com]

==Notable people== * [[Ali Tneich]] (born 1992), Lebanese footballer<ref name="GSA">{{GSA player|ali-tneich/436172|Ali Tneich|access-date=21 June 2023}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist|25em}}

==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book |last1=Conder|first1=C.R.|authorlink1=Claude Reignier Conder |last2=Kitchener|first2=H.H.|authorlink2=Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener |year=1881|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp01conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology|location=London|publisher=[[Palestine Exploration Fund|Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund]] |volume=1}} *{{cite book | last1= Hütteroth |first1=W.-D.|author-link1=Wolf-Dieter Hütteroth | last2=Abdulfattah|first2=K. |author-link2=Kamal Abdulfattah | title = Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wqULAAAAIAAJ | year = 1977 | publisher = Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft|isbn= 3-920405-41-2}} *{{cite book |last=Palmer|first=E.H.|authorlink=Edward Henry Palmer |year=1881 |url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft|title=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 |publisher=[[Palestine Exploration Fund|Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund]]}} *{{cite book |last=Rhode |first=H. |authorlink=Harold Rhode |date=1979 |url=https://www.academia.edu/2026845 |title=Administration and Population of the Sancak of Safed in the Sixteenth Century |publisher=[[Columbia University]] |access-date=2017-12-04 |archive-date=2016-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010135324/http://www.academia.edu/2026845/The_Administration_and_Population_of_the_Sancak_of_Safed_in_the_Sixteenth_Century |url-status=dead }} {{refend}}

== External links == * Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8365 IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.02.jpg Wikimedia commons] * [http://www.localiban.org/article3888.html Jouaiya], Localliban: Centre de resource sur le developpement local * Ahl Jwaya website: [http://www.ahljwaya.com www.ahljwaya.com]

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