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Svetlana Velmar-Janković

Ar-Ramadiyah
الرمادية
Municipality
Ar-Ramadiyah is located in Lebanon
Ar-Ramadiyah
Ar-Ramadiyah
Coordinates: 33°11′58″N 35°16′33″E / 33.19944°N 35.27583°E / 33.19944; 35.27583
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth Governorate
DistrictTyre
Elevation920 ft (280 m)
Time zoneGMT +3

Ar-Ramadiyah (Arabic: الرمادية) is a municipality in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.

Etymology

According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name Rumeidieh means "the ashy or ash-coloured".[2]

History

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Rumeidieh as: " A well-built village, with cisterns, containing about 150 Moslems, surrounded by groves of figs. Water from 'Ain el Kuneiseh."[3]

Demographics

In 2014, Muslims made up 99.73% of registered voters in Ar-Ramadiyah. 98.91% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[4]

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