Jannata
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jannata
|other_name = Jennata
| native_name = جناتا
| native_name_lang = ara
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = File:Jennata road.jpg
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| image_caption = Road in Jannata
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| pushpin_map_alt = Map showing the location of Jannata within Lebanon
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Lebanon
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| grid_position = 110/150 L
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| subdivision_type1 = Governorate
| subdivision_name1 = South Governorate
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Tyre District
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| timezone1 = EET
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Jannata ({{langx|ar|جناتا }}) is a municipality in Southern Lebanon, located in the Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.
Etymology
According to E. H. Palmer, the name comes from Jennat, garden.Palmer, 1881, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/22/mode/1up 22]
History
In 1875, Victor Guérin found the village, (which he called Djennateh), to have 60 Metawileh inhabitants.Guérin, 1880, p. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr00gugoog#page/n296/mode/1up 256] He further noted: "The village contains a number of ruined houses. A little mosque is partly built of
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A small village of stone and mud, containing about 100 Moslems. […] It lies low, on arable land. The water is supplied by two wells in the village."Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/92/mode/1up 92]
Demographics
In 2014 Muslims made up 99.24% of registered voters in Jannata. 97.70% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/الجنوب/صور/جناتا/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=Guérin|first=V.|authorlink=Victor Guérin|title=Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine|url=https://archive.org/details/descriptiongogr00gugoog|volume=3: Galilee, pt. 2|year=1880|publisher= L'Imprimerie Nationale|location=Paris|language=French}}
- {{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/article5933.html Jennata], 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]
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