Babliyeh () is a municipality in the Sidon District in Lebanon. It is located 62 km southeast of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. It rises about 200 m above sea level and extends over an area estimated at 1273 hectares.Dictionary of the Villages of Jabal Amel - Sheikh Suleiman Zahir - Part One, page 69 History In 1875, during the end of the Ottoman era, Victor Guérin visited and described the village (which he called Bablieh): "It is seated on a hill, north of a wadi, and contains 500 Metualis. The houses are very roughly built. I notice, in two small mosques half demolished, a number of beautiful stones of antique appearance. Large plantations of fig trees surround this village."Guérin, 1880, p.542
Demographics In 2014, Muslims made up 99.34% of registered voters in Babliyeh. 98.29% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.
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External links Babliyeh (archive.org), Localiban