Elevation 520 m (1,710 ft) Area code +961 | Time zone EET (UTC+2) | |
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Talloussa (طلوسة) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon.
Contents
Map of Tallouseh, Lebanon
Name
According to E. H. Palmer, the name comes from a personal name.
History
In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "A small village, built of stone, containing about 100 Metawileh, situated on hill-top, and surrounded by arable cultivation, water supplied from cisterns and birket."
During the 2006 Lebanon War, Israeli warplanes killed three civilians belonging to the Mukhtar´s family in the village.
References
Talloussa Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA