Al-Qlaiaah
Al-Qlaiaah is a municipality in the Marjayoun District in southern Lebanon. The inhabitants are mainly Maronite Christians.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon
- Also known as: “Al Qlay‘ah”, “Al Qleiaa”, “Al Qulay‘ah”, “El Qlaiaa”, “El Qlaïaa”, “El-Qlei‘ah”, “Klayaa”, and “Qlaiaa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Beaufort Castle and Tell Dibbine.
Beaufort Castle
Castle
Beaufort or Belfort Castle, known locally as Qal'at al-Shaqif or Shaqif Arnun, is a Crusader fortress in Nabatieh Governorate, Southern Lebanon, about 1 kilometre to the south-south-east of the village of Arnoun. Beaufort Castle is situated 4 km west of Al-Qlaiaah.
Tell Dibbine
Archaeological site
Tell Dibbine is an archaeological site 2 km north of Marjayoun in the plain of El Marj in the Nabatieh Governorate. It dates at least to the Neolithic.
Khiam Detention Center
Photo: Bertilvidet, CC BY 2.5.
The Khiam detention center was an army barracks complex originally used by the French military in the 1930s in Khiam, French Lebanon. Following the establishment of independent Lebanon in 1946, it was used by the Lebanese military until the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War in 1975, during which time it came under the control of the South Lebanon Army, an Israel-backed Lebanese Christian militia. Khiam Detention Center is situated 4 km southeast of Al-Qlaiaah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marjayoun and Al-Khiyam.
Marjayoun
Marjayoun or Jdeidet Marjayoun, also Marj 'Ayoun, Marjuyun or Marjeyoun and Jdeideh / Jdeida / Jdeidet Marjeyoun, is a municipality in the Marjeyoun District, Nabatieh Governorate in Southern Lebanon.
Al-Khiyam
Village
Photo: Leb500, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Al-Khiyam is a large town and municipality in the Nabatieh Governorate of Southern Lebanon. Al-Khiyam is situated 3½ km east of Al-Qlaiaah.
Arnoun
Village
Arnoun is a municipality 7 kilometres south-east of Nabatieh, in Nabatieh Governorate, southern Lebanon. The village is located approximately 8 kilometres from the Israeli border. Arnoun is situated 4½ km west of Al-Qlaiaah.
Al-Qlaiaah
- Categories: village/town/city in Lebanon, municipality of Lebanon, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Mohafazat Nabatîyé, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.33477° or 33° 20′ 5″ northLongitude
35.57089° or 35° 34′ 15″ eastElevation
652 metres (2,139 feet)Open location code
8G5Q8HMC+W9OpenStreetMap ID
node 5866578737OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Al-Qlaiaah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القليعة”
- Dutch: “Qoley’a”
- Egyptian Arabic: “القليعه”
- French: “Klayaa”
- French: “Qlayaa”
- German: “Al Qulaia”
- German: “Klayaa”
- Hebrew: “קליעה”
- Irish: “Qlaiaa”
- Italian: “Al-Qoley’a”
- Italian: “Klayaa”
- Italian: “Qoley’a”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Qleiaa”
- Norwegian: “Qleiaa”
- Persian: “القلیعه، مرجعیون”
- Spanish: “Klayaa”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Klayaa cemetery and Klayaa fire and military station.
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