Batoulay (, locally , formerly: Beit Hulei (meaning "the house of Hûlei"Palmer, 1881, p. 3), is a municipality in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon. History In 1875 Victor Guérin visited the village (which he called Beit Oula) and described it: "As for the village, it consists of about thirty houses fairly well built and surrounded by a perimeter wall. Some beautiful ashlars, remains of an ancient building, are noticed here and there. Its population is 150 Metualis. As I walk through it quickly, I observe a pool partly dug in the rock, two presses, also ancient and made in the rock, and a sarcophagus still equipped with its lid".Guerin, 1880, pp. 396-397
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as "A village built of stone, with a few mud houses, containing 100 Metawileh, situated on rising ground, surrounded by figs and arable land. There are no ruins of importance; a few cisterns. The water supply is from 'Ain Furawiyat".Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 47 Demographics In 2014, Muslims made up 99.49% of registered voters in Batoulay. 99.27% of the voters were Shiite Muslims. Bibliography
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External links Batoulay (archive.org), localiban Survey of Western Palestine, Map 1: IAA, Wikimedia commons