Al-Qantara
Al-Qantara (القنطرة) is a municipality in the Marjayoun District in southern Lebanon.According to E. H. Palmer, the name El Kantarah means "the arch",[1] qantara (Arabic: قنطرة) also being used in Arabic to denote a bridge built of stone or masonry, an aqueduct or a dam, and a high building.Its door is surmounted by a lintel belonging to an ancient Christian church, in the midst of which can be made out a cross with equal branches enclosed in a circle."[4] In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, containing about 250 [..] Metawileh, situated on an isolated and conspicuous hill, and surrounded by gardens, olives, and figs."[5] On 24 August 1994 two members of Hizbollah were killed in Qantara in clashes with the South Lebanon Army.
QanaterCountryLebanonGovernorateNabatieh GovernorateDistrictMarjayoun DistrictTime zoneDialing codeE. H. PalmerArabicaqueductVictor GuérinMetawilehlintelSurvey of Western Palestine (SWP)HizbollahSouth Lebanon ArmyMuslimsShiite Muslimsvan Donzel, Emeri JohannesMiddle East InternationalLord MayhewDennis Walters MPConder, C.R.Kitchener, H.H.Committee of the Palestine Exploration FundGuérin, V.Palmer, E.H.MarjayounAl-AadaissahAadshitAin ArabAl-BuwaydahBani HaiyyanBurj al-MuloukDeir MimasDeir SiryanDibbinEbel as-SaqiKfar KilaAl-KhiyamMajdal SelemMarkabaMais al-JabalMuhaibibQabrikhaAl-QlaiaahAl-QussairRab ThalathinAs-SawanahSurda wa Al-AamraTalloussahTaybehToulinAl-WazzaniTell Dibbine