Ar-Ramadiyah () is a municipality in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon. Etymology According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name Rumeidieh means "the ashy or ash-coloured".Palmer, 1881, p. 10 History In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Rumeidieh as: " A well-built village, with cisterns, containing about 150 Moslems, surrounded by groves of figs. Water from 'Ain el Kuneiseh."Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 50 Demographics In 2014, Muslims made up 99.73% of registered voters in Ar-Ramadiyah. 98.91% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.
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External links Rmadiyeh (archive.org), Localiban Survey of Western Palestine, Map 1: IAA, Wikimedia commons