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Grid position
  
197/284 PAL

Governorate
  
Nabatieh Governorate

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Area code
  
+961

Country
  
Lebanon

District
  
Marjeyoun District

Dialing code
  
+961

Muhajbib

Muhajbib, Mhaibib, (Arabic: محيبيب‎‎) is a small village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon.

Contents

Map of Mhaibib, Lebanon

Name

E. H. Palmer wrote that the name Neby Muheibîb meant "the prophet Muheibîb", "beloved".

History

In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Neby Muheibib as: "a small village round the stone Neby, containing about seventy Moslems, situated on top of ridge, with olives and arable land; there are two cisterns in the village."

References

Muhajbib Wikipedia