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Libbaya Latitude and Longitude:

33°28′57″N 35°43′26″E / 33.48250°N 35.72389°E / 33.48250; 35.72389
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Libbaya
لبايا
Town
Libbaya is located in Lebanon
Libbaya
Libbaya
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°28′57″N 35°43′26″E / 33.48250°N 35.72389°E / 33.48250; 35.72389
Country  Lebanon
Governorate Beqaa Governorate
District Western Beqaa District

Libbaya (لبايا) is a village in the Beka'a Valley of Lebanon, situated in the Western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Governorate. It lies southeast of Sohmor. There it is a roman temple.

During the war in the 1980s, four Israeli Cobra helicopters backing the attacking force strafed Libbaya and nearby villages, killing a Lebanese soldier. [1]

History

There is a Roman temple near the town that was called Ain Libbaya or Ayn Libbaya. It was classified amongst a group of Temples of Mount Hermon by George Taylor. [2]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Libbaya's population as being Metawileh. [3]

References

  1. ^ Asian Peoples' Anti-Communist League; Asian-Pacific Anti-Communist League (1988). Asian bulletin. APACL Publications. p. 64. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  2. ^ Taylor, 1971, p.?
  3. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 138

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