Barish

Barish
باريش
Municipality
Map showing the location of Barish within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Barish within Lebanon
Barish
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°16′23″N 35°21′14″E / 33.27306°N 35.35389°E / 33.27306; 35.35389
Grid position183/297 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth Governorate
DistrictTyre District
Elevation350 m (1,150 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Barish (Arabic: باريش) is a municipality in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.

Etymology

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E. H. Palmer wrote in 1881 that the name Barish meant "abounding in herbage".[2]

Anis Freiha said that the origin of the name is Syriac: “The house of the chief and the lieutenant colonel, and he mentioned that there is another possibility that it is from the Hebrew bero ?sh: cypress, and in the Aramaic bero ?sh, and in the Syriac.” [3]

Location

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Barish is located in the South Governorate, Tyre District. It is 350 m above sea level and 89 kilometers to the southwest of Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, or about an hour and a half, and 16 km from the center of its district Tyre. Its land area is 404 hectares.[1][4] The number of its registered residents is 5000, expatriates 1500.[citation needed]

History

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In 1875 Victor Guérin found that it had 300 Metawileh inhabitants.[5] He further noted: "It is surrounded by plantations of fig trees, olive trees and tobacco; some houses and a small mosque were partly built with ancient materials, either found on site or from Broukhai".[5]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Barish as: "A village, built of stone, containing about 200 Christians, situated on the top of a hill, surrounded by gardens, figs, and arable land ; water supplied from cisterns in the village and spring near."[6]

Demographics

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In 2014 Muslims made up 99.42% of registered voters in Barish. 98.26% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[7]

Education

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Educational establishments Barish (2005-2006) Lebanon (2005–2006)
Number of Schools 1 2788
Public School 1 1763
Private School 0 1025
Students schooled in the public schools 431 439905
Students schooled in the private schools 0 471409

References

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  1. ^ a b "Barish". www.localiban.org. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 18
  3. ^ Daher, Al Cheick Saliman. Dictionary of Jabal Amel Village. Imam Al-Sadiq Foundation for Research in the Heritage of the Scholars of Jabal Amel. p. 73.
  4. ^ "Barish". baladi-lb.com.
  5. ^ a b Guérin, 1880, p. 261: A sept heures vingt-cinq minutes, je descends de cette colline vers l'ouest-sud-ouest, et, après avoir franchi un vallon, je monte à Beyrich, village qui compte une population de 3oo Métualis. Il est entouré de plantations de figuiers, d'oliviers et de tabac; quelques maisons et une petite mosquée ont été en partie construites avec des matériaux antiques, soit trouvés surplace, soit provenant de Broukhai.
  6. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 91
  7. ^ https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/الجنوب/صور/باريش/المذاهب/

Bibliography

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