Hmairi
Sign in to saveAl-Hamairi () is a municipality in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon. ==Etymology== According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name Humeireh means "the red patch". ==History== In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Humeireh: "Village of mud and rough stones, containing about 200 Moslems, on the top of a ridge, surrounded by figs, olives, and arable land ; water from cisterns."
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Al-Hamairi () is a municipality in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon. ==Etymology== According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name Humeireh means "the red patch". ==History== In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Humeireh: "Village of mud and rough stones, containing about 200 Moslems, on the top of a ridge, surrounded by figs, olives, and arable land ; water from cisterns."
==Demographics== In 2014, Muslims made up 99.20% of registered voters in Al-Hamairi. 97.76% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.
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