Hisah

This article is about the Lebanese village. For the coastal town in Libya, see Al Hayshah.
Hisah
حيصا
Village

River by Hisah
Map showing the location of Hisah within Lebanon
Hisah

Location within Lebanon

Coordinates: 34°35′47″N 36°3′17″E / 34.59639°N 36.05472°E / 34.59639; 36.05472Coordinates: 34°35′47″N 36°3′17″E / 34.59639°N 36.05472°E / 34.59639; 36.05472
Country  Lebanon
Governorate North Governorate
District Akkar District
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Dialing code +961

Hisah (Hokr el Haïssa,[1] Hayssa, El Haïssa, Hisa, Arabic: حيصا‎‎) is a northern Lebanese village in Akkar, close to the Syrian border. It is mostly inhabited by Alawites[2][3] and Sunni Muslims.[4]

The history of the village goes back to the days of the Banu Hilal tribe, and it is named after the horse of Abu-Zayd al-Hilali.[5]

During the 2006 Lebanon War, a bridge in the village was bombed by Israeli planes, leaving up to 12 people dead.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Hokr el Haïssa (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. ↑ Staff (31 July 2008). "Lebanon: Displaced families struggle on both sides of sectarian divide". RefWorld. United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR). Archived from the original on 19 October 2012.
  3. ↑ Mohammed Ali Hussein, mayor of Hisa, estimates around 500 Allawi families have had their homes damaged and perhaps half of all Jebel Mohsen’s 50,000 residents have been displaced. Macleod, Hugh; Aysha, Rami (17 August 2008). "A perfect storm in Tripoli". The Sunday Herald. Archived from the original on 2 August 2010.
  4. ↑ "Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. p. 21. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  5. ↑ JPRS Report: Near East & South Asia: Lebanon (JPRS-NEA-91-051) (PDF), Joint Publications Research Service (JPRS), United States Government, 21 August 1991
  6. ↑ Meanwhile, up to 12 people are reported to have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a bridge in Balenat al-Hissa in northern Lebanon, near the Syrian border. Staff (12 August 2006). "Olmert approves widening of offensive". RTÉ News.
  7. ↑ Shams, Doha (3 January 2013). "A World of Outsiders in Lebanon's Akkar". Al-Akhbar. Beirut, Lebanon.
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