# Selaa

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Municipality in South Governorate, Lebanon

Selaa سلعا Silaa Municipality Selaa Coordinates: 33°15′15″N 35°22′48″E / 33.25417°N 35.38000°E / 33.25417; 35.38000 Grid position 185/295 PAL Country Lebanon Governorate South Governorate District Tyre Elevation 1,440 ft (440 m) Time zone GMT +3

**Selaa**, Silaa, ([Arabic](/source/Arabic_language): سلعا, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Arabic): *Silʿā*) is a municipality in the [Tyre District](/source/Tyre_District) in Southern [Lebanon](/source/Lebanon).

## Etymology

According to [E. H. Palmer](/source/Edward_Henry_Palmer), Silảh comes from "the [crevasse](/source/Crevasse)".[1]

## History

In 1875, [Victor Guérin](/source/Victor_Gu%C3%A9rin) found here 250 [Metuali](/source/Metuali) inhabitants.[2] He further noted: "Here I found an ancient press, the lid of a [sarcophagus](/source/Sarcophagus) with [acroteria](/source/Acroteria), and a broken sarcophagus, at one of whose ends is a projection resembling an altar. Near it is a great grave with room for two bodies, with a partition wall left in the rock; and beside this an enormous detached block, hollowed out for two bodies, and resting on a surface purposely planed.'[3]

Close to Silah, Guérin also found the ruins of a small village, completely destroyed, known as *Kh. Fenian*.[4]

In 1881, the [PEF](/source/Palestine_Exploration_Fund)'s [*Survey of Western Palestine* (SWP)](/source/PEF_Survey_of_Palestine) described it as: "a village, built of stone and of good materials, containing about 200 [..] [Metawileh](/source/Metawileh), on hill, with figs, olives, and arable land. Water from [cisterns](/source/Cistern) and a spring near."[5] They further noted that it had a [perennial](/source/Perennial) spring, built up with masonry,[6] and that it was "an ancient site; there is a terraced hill; there are six sarcophagi and two olive-presses near the village."[4]

## Demographics

In 2014 [Muslims](/source/Islam_in_Lebanon) made up 99.65% of registered voters in Selaa. 98.56% of the voters were [Shiite Muslims](/source/Lebanese_Shia_Muslims).[7]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Palmer, 1881, p. [33](https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/33/mode/1up)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Guérin, 1880, p. [263](https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr00gugoog#page/n303/mode/1up)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Guérin, 1880, p. [263](https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr00gugoog#page/n303/mode/1up); as translated in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [139](https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/139/mode/1up)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-SWP139_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-SWP139_4-1) Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [139](https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/139/mode/1up)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [94](https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/94/mode/1up)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [105](https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/105/mode/1up)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/الجنوب/صور/سلعا/المذاهب/](https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/الجنوب/صور/سلعا/المذاهب/)

## Bibliography

- [Conder, C.R.](/source/Claude_Reignier_Conder); [Kitchener, H.H.](/source/Herbert_Kitchener%2C_1st_Earl_Kitchener) (1881). [*The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology*](https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp01conduoft). Vol. 1. London: [Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund](/source/Palestine_Exploration_Fund).

- [Guérin, V.](/source/Victor_Gu%C3%A9rin) (1880). [*Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine*](https://archive.org/details/descriptiongogr00gugoog) (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.

- [Palmer, E.H.](/source/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*](https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft). [Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund](/source/Palestine_Exploration_Fund).

## External links

- [Selaa](http://www.localiban.org/article4634.html), Localiban

- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: [IAA](http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8365), [Wikimedia commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.02.jpg)

v t e Tyre District, South Governorate Capital: Tyre Towns and villages Aaitit Aalma ash-Shaab Abbassiyeh Ain Abu Aabdallah Ain az-Zarqa Ain Baal Arzoun Baflay Barish Al-Basatin Batoulay Al-Bayyad Al-Bazouriyah Bedias Bestiyat Burj el-Shamali Al-Burghuliyah Burj Rahal Al-Bustan Debaal Deir Aames Deir Kifa Deir Qanoun an-Naher Deir Qanoun Ras al-Ain Derdghaya Ad-Duhairah Al-Halloussiyah Al-Hamairi Hannaouiyah Al-Hanniye Jannata Jebal al-Bottom Al-Jibbain Jwaya Al-Knaissah Maarakeh Maaroub Mahrouna Al-Majadel Majdal Zoun Malikiyat as-Sahel Al-Mansouri Marwahin Mazraat Meshref An-Naffakhiyah An-Naqoura Qana Al-Qlailah Ar-Ramadiyah Reshknanay As-Sammaaiyah Seddiqin Selaa Ash-Shaaitiyah Shabriha Shamaa Shehour Chehabiyeh Shihin Srifa Tayr Debba Tayr Felsay Tayr Harfa Toura Tyre Wadi Jilou Yanouh Yarin Zalloutieh Zibqin Palestinian refugee camps Burj el-Shamali Al-Buss Rashidieh Notable landmark Umm al-Amad Ladder of Tyre

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