Al-Ghandouriyah () is a municipality in Lebanon located in the Bint Jbeil District, south of Froun. It was formerly known as Aidib.
Etymology In the 1800s, the village was called Aidib, and E. H. Palmer wrote in 1881 that the name came from a local form connected with “much sand”.Palmer, 1881, p. 13
History In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Aidib as: "A small village, built of stone and mud, situated on the slope of a hill and surrounded by a few fig-trees and olives. It contains about ninety Metawileh, and is supplied with water from three rock-cut cisterns and a spring."Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 202
During the 2006 Israeli offensive against Hizbollah Israeli Nahal commandos were airlifted into Al-Ghandouriyah. A column of tanks attempting to reach them was ambushed in Wadi Salouqi. Eleven tanks were hit and seventeen Israeli soldiers killed, with fifty wounded.Hirst, David (2010) Beware of Small States. Lebanon, battleground of the Middle East. Faber and Faber. pp.372-373
Demographics In 2014 Muslims made up 100% of registered voters in Al-Ghandouriyah. 99.59% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.
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External links Ghandouriyeh, Localiban Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons