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Khirbet Selm

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described it: "In the middle of a deep and broad ravine the Wady el-Hadjr, a sort of rocky islet lying north and south. Oblong and narrow, it serves as the site of a village called Kh. Selem, which contains a population of 130
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the capital of Lebanon. The village's elevation is 630 meters (2067.03 ft – 688.968 yd) above sea level. Khirbet Selm surface stretches for 379 hectares (12.60 km – 9.46294 mi).
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described it: "A village, built of stone, containing 200 Metawileh, on ridge, with spring and cisterns ; arable cultivation around."
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He further noted: "Here are found the remains of an ancient church, such as cut stones, shafts more or less broken, and a circular
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is standing. Another column and two or three pedestals form part of a wall on the west. There are no
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They further noted: "South of the village there is a level area of rock, in the middle of which one
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The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology
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meaning: Selem’s ruin; also the name of a plant, according to Palmer, 1881, p.
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Populated places in the Israeli security zone 1985–2000
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Khirbat Silim
Map showing the location of Khirbet Selm within Lebanon
33°13′45″N 35°25′00″E / 33.22917°N 35.41667°E / 33.22917; 35.41667
PAL
Country
Lebanon
Governorate
Nabatieh Governorate
District
Bint Jbeil District
Time zone
UTC+2
EET
DST
UTC+3
EEST
Dialing code
Arabic
Lebanon
Kaza of Bint Jbeil
Beirut
Salem
Canaanite
Victor Guérin
Metawileh
baptismal font
lintels
cisterns
PEF
Survey of Western Palestine (SWP)

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