Al-Khiyam
Al-Khiyam is a large town and municipality in the Nabatieh Governorate of Southern Lebanon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Leb500, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Al Khiyām”, “El Khiâm”, “El Khiyam”, “Khiam”, and “Khiyam”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Khiam Detention Center and Tell Dibbine.
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.
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. Tell Dibbine is situated 2½ km northwest of Al-Khiyam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Qlaiaah and Marjayoun.
Al-Qlaiaah
Village
Al-Qlaiaah is a municipality in the Marjayoun District in southern Lebanon. The inhabitants are mainly Maronite Christians. Al-Qlaiaah is situated 3½ km west of 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.
Dibbin
Village
Dibbin is a municipality in the Marjayoun District in southern Lebanon, located just north of Marjayoun. Dibbin is situated 5 km north of Al-Khiyam.
Al-Khiyam
- Categories: human settlement, village/town/city in Lebanon, and locality
- Location: Mohafazat Nabatîyé, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.32722° or 33° 19′ 38″ northLongitude
35.60897° or 35° 36′ 32″ eastElevation
709 metres (2,326 feet)Open location code
8G5Q8JG5+VHOpenStreetMap ID
node 5992248085OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Slovenian—“Al-Khiyam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الخيام (مرجعيون)”
- Arabic: “الخيام”
- Arabic: “بلدة الخيام”
- Catalan: “Khiam”
- Chinese: “基亞姆”
- Chinese: “希亞姆”
- Dutch: “Khiam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بلدة الخيام”
- Esperanto: “Khiam”
- French: “Khiam”
- German: “Chiam”
- German: “Chijam”
- German: “Chiyam”
- German: “Khiam”
- German: “Khiyam”
- German: “Khyam”
- Hebrew: “אל ח’יאם”
- Hebrew: “אל חיאם”
- Hebrew: “אל-ח’יאם”
- Hebrew: “אל-חיאם”
- Hebrew: “אלח’יאם”
- Hebrew: “ח’יאם”
- Hebrew: “חיאם”
- Irish: “Khiam”
- Italian: “Khiam”
- Italian: “Khiyam”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “El Khiam”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Khiam”
- Norwegian: “Khiam”
- Persian: “الخیام، مرجعیون”
- Polish: “Al-Chijam”
- Portuguese: “Khiyam”
- Slovenian: “Al Khiam”
- Slovenian: “Al Khiem”
- Slovenian: “Al-Khiam”
- Slovenian: “Al-Khiem”
- Slovenian: “Khiam”
- Slovenian: “Khiem”
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