Aadchit Al Qusayr

Village in Nabatieh Governorate

Aadchit Al Qusayr عدشيت القصير
Village
33°16′38″N 35°28′51″E / 33.27722°N 35.48083°E / 33.27722; 35.48083
Grid position	195/198 PAL
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Nabatieh Governorate
District	Marjeyoun District
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code	+961

Aadchit Al Qusayr (Arabic: عدشيت القصير), or simply Aadchit (Arabic: عدشيت), is a village in the Marjeyoun District in South Lebanon.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name Atshis comes from a personal name.^[1]

History

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "a small village, built of mud and stone, containing about 100 Metawileh, situated on a low ridge surrounded by small gardens and olives. The water supply is from four rock-cut cisterns."^[2]

References

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 18
^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 86

Bibliography

Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.