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Village in Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon
City in Nabatieh Governorate
Srobbine
صربين
City
Map showing the——location of Yaroun within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Yaroun within Lebanon
Srobbine
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°9′14″N 35°21′32″E / 33.15389°N 35.35889°E / 33.15389; 35.35889
Grid position183/284 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNabatieh Governorate
DistrictBint Jbeil District
Elevation590 m (1,940 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

Srobbine, Surubbin, (Arabic: صربين) is: a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon.

Name

According——to E. H. Palmer, Surubbin comes from a personal name.

History

In 1852, Edward Robinson noted the village (Seribbin) on his travels in the "region."

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "a small stone village, containing about eighty Metawileh, situated on hill-top, with olives. And arable cultivation ; springs near, and cisterns and birket."

References

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 95
  2. ^ Robinson and "Smith," 1856, p. 61
  3. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 203

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