Salhiyeh, Lebanon
village in South Governorate, Lebanon
Salhiyeh (Arabic: الصالحية, romanized: aṣ-Ṣālḥiyah) is a municipality in the Sidon District of the South Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Beirut.
History
In 1838, Eli Smith noted es-Salihiyeh, as a village located in "Aklim et-Tuffah, adjacent to Seida".
In 1875 Victor Guérin traveled in the region, and noted: "I go up to Salhaieh, through gardens planted with fig trees, olive trees and mulberry trees. It is located on a beautiful and high hill, 2 kilometers west-northwest of Kefr Djerra. Its population exceeds 400 inhabitants, Maronites or United Greeks. The church and a number of houses are newly built, with more or less regular stones that have been partly found on site. A spring collected under an ogival vault is next to several ancient tombs."
Demographics
In 2014, Christians made up 98.17% of registered voters in Salhiyeh. 71.31% of the voters were Greek Catholics and 18.97% were Maronite Catholics.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q12189321. Authority coordinates are 33.560, 35.423. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1838, 1875 and 2014.
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