Dibbin
village in Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon
Dibbin (Arabic: دبين, romanized: Dibbīn) is a municipality in the Marjayoun District in southern Lebanon, located just north of Marjayoun.
History
In 1596, it was named as a village, Dibin, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 41 households and 6 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25 % on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, "dulab harir", goats, beehives; in addition to occasional revenues, a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 3,969 akçe.
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Dibbine as a predominantly Metawileh and Greek Christian village.
Demographics
In 2014 Muslims made up 93.77% and Christians made up 6.04% of registered voters in Dibbin. 87.49% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.
“Dibbin” enters the record as village in Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Dibbin, village and Nabatieh can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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