| Nabatieh ((ar)النبطية(syc)ܐܠܢܒܛܝܥ) | |
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| The city center before the 2006 bombings | |
| Information | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
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| Region | South Lebanon |
| Area | 8 km² |
| Population | 34 992 hab. (2008) |
| Density | 4 374 inhab./km² |
| Location | |
 33 ° 22 ′ 48 ″ N 35 ° 29 ′ 1 ″ E | |
| Official site | |
Nabatieh Where Nabatiye (النبطية in Arab and ܐܠܢܒܛܝܥ in Syriac) is a city of South Lebanon. About 75,000 permanent residents in Nabatieh itself (Tahta and Fawka), and the agglomeration includes about ten villages in the surroundings.
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Nabatieh is located in the center of Jabal Amel, historical name of South Lebanon since IIIe century av. J.-C. until the constitution of the current state of Lebanon in 1920. It is today the capital of the governorate of Nabatieh and the capital of the eponymous district.
The history of the city dates back to times before VIIIe century av. J.-C. Its location has changed several times between hills and valleys as well as the sources of the region that the city currently occupies.
Different countries and peoples have followed one another since the Stone Age.
The present city dates back to the Nabataeans, to whom some historians believe it owes its name. This people had for capital Petra. His power extended during the IIe to Ier centuryav. J.-C. of the Al Ouali river (at Saida) Passing by Damascus. Nabatieh was a trading station for troops moving between the port of Saida and the Syrian interior.
As for the families of Nabatieh the Jaber, Sabbah and Bitar, most of them are of Yemeni Arab descent. They settled in the region after the destruction of the Marib dam in Yemen in IIIe century av. J.-C.
During the Israeli-Lebanese conflict of 2006, the city was the object of more than fifteen Israeli strikes.
- The "History" section is taken from the "Story »From the French Wikipedia article entitled Nabatieh (see the list of authors).
