Qalaouiyah قلويه | |
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Municipality | |
  Qalaouiyah Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates:33°15′19″N35°25′03″E / 33.25528°N 35.41750°E /33.25528; 35.41750 | |
| Grid position | 189/295PAL |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh |
| District | Bint Jbeil |
| Elevation | 400 m (1,300 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
Qalaouiyah (Arabic:قلويه) is a municipality in theBint Jbeil District in southernLebanon.
According toE. H. Palmer, the nameKalawei comes from the ancientKelabo.[1]
In 1881, thePEF'sSurvey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Burj Alawei as: “A village, built of stone, on high ground, containing 150Metawileh, surrounded by olives, fig-trees, and arable land. The water supply is fromcisterns only."[2] They further noted: "Ancient remains and somelintels."[3]
In 2014Muslims made up 99.41% of registered voters in Qalaouiyah. 98.22% of the voters wereShiite Muslims.[4]
