Khiam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Al-Khiyam
- Settlement.native_name
- الخيام
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ara
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- The_town_of_khiam_2013-04-06_21-12.jpeg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Al-Khiyam
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Lebanon
- Settlement.pushpin_map_alt
- Map showing the location of Al-Khiyam within Lebanon
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Lebanon
- Settlement.grid_position
- 137/154L
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Nabatieh Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Marjayoun District
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1700
- Settlement.population_total
- 28580
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2010
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Lebanon
- Located in
- Marjayoun District
- Elevation
- 695
- Image
- The town of khiam 2013-04-06 21-12.jpeg
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- Khiam detention center
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Location
- History
- Ottoman period
- French mandate period
- After independence
- Demographics
- Notable people
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Al-Khiyam (; sometimes spelled Khiam) is a large town and municipality in the Nabatieh Governorate of Southern Lebanon.
==Etymology== According to Edward Henry Palmer, the name means tents. Haifa Nassar, a Khiyam-based journalist, cites sources that confirm this. Muhammad Qubaisi, author of a book on South Lebanon, writes that according to the Torah, Jacob moved his family and livestock to the plain of Al-Khiam, where he lived in tents.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Khiam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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