Jennata

Place in South Lebanon Governorate

Jennata جناتا Jannata
Road in Jennata
33°17′10″N 35°19′10″E / 33.28611°N 35.31944°E / 33.28611; 35.31944
Grid position	110/150 L
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	South Lebanon Governorate
District	Tyre District
Elevation	250 m (820 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Jennata (Arabic: جناتا) is a local authority in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name comes from Jennat, garden.^[1]

History

In 1875, Victor Guérin found the village, (which he called Djennateh), to have 60 Metawileh inhabitants.^[2] He further noted: "The village contains a number of ruined houses. A little mosque is partly built of ancient materials."^[3]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A small village of stone and mud, containing about 100 Moslems. […] It lies low, on arable land. The water is supplied by two wells in the village."^[4]

References

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 22
^ Guérin, 1880, p. 256
^ Guérin, 1880, p. 256, as translated by Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 116
^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 92

Bibliography

Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.