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Municipality in South Governorate, Lebanon

Zibqin Municipality زبقين Israeli troops in Zibqin, in 1982 Zibqin Coordinates: 33°10′N 35°16′E / 33.167°N 35.267°E / 33.167; 35.267 Grid position 175/285 PAL Country Lebanon Governorate South Governorate District Tyre Area • Total 5.63 sq mi (14.57 km2) • Land 5.63 sq mi (14.57 km2) • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2) Elevation 1,280 ft (390 m) Population (2015) • Total 3,000 Time zone GMT +3

**Zibqin** ([Arabic](/source/Arabic_language): زبقين, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Arabic): *Zibqīn*) is a municipality in South [Lebanon](/source/Lebanon), 103 kilometres (64 mi) from the capital, [Beirut](/source/Beirut), 4 km from the border with [Israel](/source/Israel) and 450 metres (1,476.4 ft) above sea level.

It was heavily damaged in the [2006 Lebanon-Israel war](/source/2006_Lebanon-Israel_war) and underwent a heavy process of rebuilding.

## Etymology

According to [E. H. Palmer](/source/Edward_Henry_Palmer), the name probably comes from the Arabic word for "to bind", or "confine".[1]

## History

In 1596, it was named as a village, *Zibqin,* in the [Ottoman](/source/Ottoman_empire) *[nahiya](/source/Nahiya)* (subdistrict) of [Tibnin](/source/Tibnin) under the *[liwa'](/source/Liwa_(Arabic))* (district) of [Safad](/source/Safad), with a population of 12 households and 12 bachelor, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as [wheat](/source/Wheat), [barley](/source/Barley), olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and winter pastures; a total of 3,172 [akçe](/source/Ak%C3%A7e).[2][3]

In 1875, [Victor Guérin](/source/Victor_Gu%C3%A9rin) found the village to contain eighty [Metawileh](/source/Metawileh).[4] He further "observed a great pool, constructed with regularly cut stones, and several broken [columns](/source/Column). On the chapter of one he saw a mosaic representing a cross *fleuronnée*, which proves that it came from a [church](/source/Church_(building))."[5]

In 1881, the [PEF](/source/Palestine_Exploration_Fund)'s [*Survey of Western Palestine* (SWP)](/source/PEF_Survey_of_Palestine) described it: "Small ruined village on a hill, surrounded by brushwood; contains about thirty Moslems [..], and has olives and arable land to the south. The water is supplied by [cisterns](/source/Cistern)."[6]

During the [2006 Lebanon-Israel war](/source/2006_Lebanon-Israel_war), on 13 July, 12 civilians were killed by [Israeli](/source/Israel) missiles, fired on the house of the late [Mukhtar](/source/Mukhtar). All the victims belonged to the Bzeih family, and they included 6 women and 5 children, aged between 11 and 78 years of age. There was no [Hezbollah](/source/Hezbollah) activity in the vicinity at the time of the attack. The [IDF](/source/Israel_Defense_Forces) gave no explanations as to why the house had been attacked.[7] On August 9, 2025 six soldiers of the [Lebanese Army](/source/Lebanese_Armed_Forces) were killed in explosion that took place in a [Hezbollah](/source/Hezbollah) depot.[8]

## Demographics

In 2014 [Muslims](/source/Islam_in_Lebanon) made up 99.78% of registered voters in Zibqin. 99.21% of the voters were [Shiite Muslims](/source/Lebanese_Shia_Muslims).[9]

## See also

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Palmer, 1881, pp. [46](https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/46/mode/1up)[60](https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/60/mode/1up)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Hutteroth_2-0)** Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 182

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Note that Rhode, 1979, p. [6](https://www.academia.edu/2026845/The_Administration_and_Population_of_the_Sancak_of_Safed_in_the_Sixteenth_Century) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20161010135324/http://www.academia.edu/2026845/The_Administration_and_Population_of_the_Sancak_of_Safed_in_the_Sixteenth_Century) 2016-10-10 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Guérin, 1880, p. [411](https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr00gugoog#page/n451/mode/1up), as given by Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [152](https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/152/mode/1up)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Guérin, 1880, p. [411](https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr00gugoog#page/n451/mode/1up), as translated by Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [193](https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/193/mode/1up)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [152](https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/152/mode/1up)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** HRW, 2007, pp. [87](https://books.google.com/books?id=8P9-VqpNRv4C&pg=PA87)- 88

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["شهداء كمين "الحزب""](https://www.mtv.com.lb/news/1602025). *MTV Lebanon*. Retrieved 2025-08-11.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة زبقين، قضاء صور محافظة الجنوب في لبنان"](https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/الجنوب/صور/زبقين/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.

- [HRW](/source/Human_Rights_Watch) (2007). [*Why They Died: Civilian Casualties in Lebanon During the 2006 War*](https://books.google.com/books?id=8P9-VqpNRv4C). Human Rights Watch.

- [Hütteroth, W.-D.](/source/Wolf-Dieter_H%C3%BCtteroth); [Abdulfattah, K.](/source/Kamal_Abdulfattah) (1977). [*Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century*](https://books.google.com/books?id=wqULAAAAIAAJ). Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [3-920405-41-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-920405-41-2).

- [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).

- [Rhode, H.](/source/Harold_Rhode) (1979). [*Administration and Population of the Sancak of Safed in the Sixteenth Century*](https://web.archive.org/web/20200301141739/https://www.academia.edu/2026845/The_Administration_and_Population_of_the_Sancak_of_Safed_in_the_Sixteenth_Century). [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University). Archived from [the original](https://www.academia.edu/2026845) on 2020-03-01. Retrieved 2017-12-04.

## External links

- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 3: [IAA](http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8366) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160314231555/http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8366) 2016-03-14 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), [Wikimedia commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.03.jpg)

- [Zebqine](http://www.localiban.org/article4644.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160828223823/http://www.localiban.org/article4644.html) 2016-08-28 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), Localiban

- [http://zebqine.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20150429164128/http://zebqine.com/default.aspx)

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

[33°10′N 35°16′E / 33.167°N 35.267°E / 33.167; 35.267](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Zibqin&params=33_10_N_35_16_E_region:LB_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki)

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