Al-Jumayjimah
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| native_name = الجميجمة
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| subdivision_name1 = Nabatieh
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| subdivision_name2 = Bint Jbeil
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Al-Jumayjimah ({{langx|ar|الجميجمة}}) is a municipality in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon, located north-east of Tibnin.
Etymology
According to E. H. Palmer, the name El Jumeijmeh comes from "The little sculls".Palmer, 1881, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/23/mode/1up 23]
History
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A small village of stone and mud, containing about 100 Metawileh, situated on hill-top, with a few olives and figs around. Water supply from cisterns."Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/94/mode/1up 94]-95
On 29 September 1992, following an attack on a South Lebanon Army outpost in Rachaf, Hizbullah fighters shot their way through a Unifil checkpoint at Al-Jumayjimah. One Irish soldier was killed, bring the total number of Unifil soldiers killed to 187, 33 of them from Ireland.Middle East International No 435, 9 October 1992, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Gerald Butt p.11
Demographics
In 2014 Muslims made up 99.75% of registered voters in Al-Jumayjimah. 98.68% of the voters were Shiite Muslims. https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/بنت-جبيل/الجميجمه/المذاهب/
References
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Bibliography
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- {{cite book|last1=Conder|first1=C.R.|authorlink1=Claude Reignier Conder|last2=Kitchener|first2=H.H.|authorlink2=Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|year=1881|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp01conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology|location=London|publisher=Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund|volume=1}}
- {{cite book|last=Palmer|first=E.H.|authorlink=Edward Henry Palmer|year=1881|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer|publisher=Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund}}
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External links
- [http://www.localiban.org/article4235.html Jmaijmeh], Localiban
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8365 IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.02.jpg Wikimedia commons]
{{Bint Jbeil District}}