Hisah
Sign in to saveHisah (), also spelled Hokr el Haïssa, Haysa, Hayssa, El Haïssa or Hisa, is a northern Lebanese village in the Akkar Governorate, close to the Syrian border. It is mostly inhabited by Alawites and Sunni Muslims.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hisah
- Settlement.native_name
- الحيصة
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ara
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- (47hisah).JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- River by Hisah
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- Lebanon
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- left
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- Map showing the location of Hisah within Lebanon
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- Location within Lebanon
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Akkar
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Akkar
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 2.10
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 30
- Settlement.population_total
- 1756 eligible voters
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Hisah (), also spelled Hokr el Haïssa, Haysa, Hayssa, El Haïssa or Hisa, is a northern Lebanese village in the Akkar Governorate, close to the Syrian border. It is mostly inhabited by Alawites and Sunni Muslims.
==History== The history of the village goes back to the days of the Banu Hilal tribe, and it is named after the horse of Abu-Zayd al-Hilali.
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