Al-Majadel ()Meaning: "The little watch-tower", according to Palmer, 1881, p. 30 is a municipality located in the Tyre district (Kaza), which belongs to the South Lebanon governorate (Mohafazah), one of the eight governorates of Lebanon.
Geography It's 98 kilometers (60.8972 mi) away from Beyrouth (Beirut) the capital of Lebanon. Its elevation is 310 meters (1) (1017.11 ft - 339.016 yd) above sea level. Al-Majadel (Tyr) surface stretches for 225 hectares (2.25 km2 - 0.8685 mi2)(2).
History In 1596, it was named as a village, Majadil, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 54 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid taxes on agricultural products, such as goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues and a fixed sum; a total of 6,450 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 180Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
In 1875, Victor Guérin noted: "Here are seen at this day several great wine-presses, each composed of two compartments cut in the rock. One of these presses was lined within by small square cubes, making a mosaic. Here are also fine rock-cut tombs, some containing sarcophagi covered with arched arcosolia and other loculi destined for sarcophagi; and there are other tombs hollowed like simple graves, and covered by heavy blocks more or less squared. There are several broken sarcophagi, and especially a great piece of rock cut as to form a double sarcophagus, the sides of which are sculptured carefully, and ornamented with garlands, discs, trees, rose-work, and a beautiful garland supported in the centre by little columns. There are cisterns and two tanks, one square and the other circular, probably the work of the most ancient people who came to live in this place."Guérin, 1880, p. 407; as cited in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 137
In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's PEF Survey of Palestine described it as "A village, built of stone, with a few ruined houses, containing about 150 Metawileh. It is situated on a hill, surrounded by figs, olives, and arable land. Water supplied from a spring, cisterns, and brisket."Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 93
Location The village is surrounded by several villages including Deir Intar, Ash-Shihabiyah, Mahrounah, Jwaya.
Demographics In 2014 Muslims made up 99.75% of registered voters in Al-Majadel. 99.49% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.
Educational Establishments 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. Since the publication of more recent figures we will strive to published online.
Educational establishments Majadel (2005-2006) Lebanon (2005-2006) Number of Schools 5 2788 Public School 3 1763 Private School 2 1025 Students schooled in the public schools 623 439905 Students schooled in the private schools 798 471409
Economic Activities
Economic Activities (2004) Commercial and industrial Activity Companies with more than five employees 3 Companies Not available Agricultural activity Crops type Not available Features Not available Mining activity Mines Not available Activities type Not available Operating status Not available
References
Bibliography
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External links Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons Mjadel (Tyr) Localliban: Centre de resource sur le developpement local