Aitit

Aitit عيتيت
Town
Aitit
Coordinates:33°13′28″N35°18′19″E
Grid position	178/292PAL
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	South Governorate
District	Tyre District
Area
• Land	2.76 sq mi (7.1 km2)
Elevation	950 ft (290 m)
Population (2011)
• Total	12,000
Time zone	GMT +3

Aititis a town located inTyre District,South Lebanon, north ofQana.Aitit's residents are primarilyShiite Muslim.

History

In the early 1860sErnest Renannoted: "Its antiquities are a stone with three circles, two with rays, in which are crosses (not of great age), a grotto, and beside it a goodsarcophaguslid serving to support a press. Near Aitit is a rectangular cemetery, well preserved ".

In 1881, thePEF'sSurvey of Western Palestine(SWP)described it as "A village, built of stone, containing about 450Metawileh,situated on hill-top, surrounded by olives and arable cultivation; water supplied fromcisternsand a spring near. "

They further noted: "There are traces at this village of ancient remains. It is said by the natives that there was once achurchhere. There are broken pillars scattered about, stonelintels,three caves, and three olive-presses, with cisterns. " Aitit is mainly occupied by the family of the Mohsens, who have the majority of the village.

Attacks on Aitit

Due to it being close toIsraelmany attacks have been made againstHezbollahin Aitit. Most of these incidents were due to the2006 Lebanon War.

Bibliography

• Conder, C.R.;Kitchener, H.H.(1881).The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology.Vol. 1. London:Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
• Palmer, E.H.(1881).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.Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
• Renan, E.(1864).Mission de Phénicie(in French). Paris: Imprimerie impériale.

External links

• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2:IAA,Wikimedia commons
• Aaytit,Localiban