Aitaroun
human settlement in Lebanon
Aitaroun (or Aytaroun; Arabic: عيترون, romanized: ʿAytarūn) is a municipality in southern Lebanon. It is on the northern border of Israel, and 125 km from Beirut. The majority of its population are Shiite Muslims.
Etymology
The village's name origin is Itruma, which means; "The Beautiful Smell".
History
Ottoman era
In 1596, it was named as a village, ’Aytarun in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safed, with a population of 91 households and 15 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid taxes on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, goats, and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues” and a fixed sum; a total of 14,570 akçe.
Visiting in 1875, Victor Guérin described it as a village with 200 Metualis.
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A large village, built of stone, containing 400 Moslems, situated in bed of wady, with olives, gardens and arable land. Water from a large birket and cisterns."
Israeli occupation
In 1982 the Israeli invasion of Lebanon began. Until 2000, the Israeli army occupied southern Lebanon.
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