Qantara
قنطرة | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 33°16′25″N 35°27′49″E / 33.27361°N 35.46361°E | |
Grid position | 193/297 PAL |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
District | Marjeyoun District |
Elevation | 470 m (1,540 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Dialing code | +961 |
Qantara (قنطرة ) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon.
According to E. H. Palmer, the name El Kantarah means "the arch", [1] qantara ( Arabic: قنطرة) also being used in Arabic to denote a bridge built of stone or masonry, an aqueduct or a dam, and a high building. [2]
In 1875 Victor Guérin found that the village had 150 Metawileh inhabitants. [3] He further remarked: "The mosque is built of hewn stones of apparent antiquity. Its door is surmounted by a lintel belonging to an ancient Christian church, in the midst of which can be made out a cross with equal branches enclosed in a circle." [4]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, containing about 250 [..] Metawileh, situated on an isolated and conspicuous hill, and surrounded by gardens, olives, and figs. There are two perennial springs a little to the south of the village." [5]
On 24 August 1994 two members of Hizbollah were killed in Qantara in clashes with the South Lebanon Army. [6]