Kharayeb (Sidon)
Al-Kharayeb () is a historic municipality in the Sidon District in the South Governorate, Lebanon. The town is south of Beirut, and stands at an average altitude of above sea level.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Al-Kharayeb
- Settlement.native_name
- الخرايب
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Lebanon
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- South Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Sidon District
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
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- Demographics
- Cultural landmarks
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Al-Kharayeb () is a historic municipality in the Sidon District in the South Governorate, Lebanon. The town is south of Beirut, and stands at an average altitude of above sea level.
== History == Archaeological excavation in Kharayeb and its vicinity has revealed a complex settlement landscape spanning various chronological periods, from the Prehistoric to the Ottoman era (1516–1918). The Kharayeb region had been inhabited since the Middle Paleolithic, as evidenced by numerous flint tools. The earliest signs of agricultural use in historical periods comes from the site of Jemjim near Kharayeb, where a stele from the Late Iron Age was discovered. Excavations have also found a rural settlement with a complex system of cisterns dating to the Iron Age, and remains of terracotta vessels indicating occupation dating back to the second millennium BC.