An-Naffakhiyah النفاخية | |
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Municipality | |
  An-Naffakhiyah | |
| Coordinates:33°16′15″N35°23′10″E / 33.27083°N 35.38611°E /33.27083; 35.38611 | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | South Governorate |
| District | Tyre |
| Time zone | GMT +3 |
An-Naffakhiyah[1] (Arabic:النفاخية) is a municipality inTyre District,Governorate of South Lebanon.
About two thirds of a mile due north of this village (which appears to present no tracesof antiquity)Guerin found an ancient site calledKh. Budayeh. The ruins consist of three fragments of monolithiccolumns with their bases,cisterns, a tank, and a tomb cut in the rock with nine loculi, three at each side and three at the end.[2]
In 1875, during the lateOttoman era,Victor Guérin described it: "The village is situated between two deep wadies (one on the north and other on the south), and lies upon the summit of a hill, from which may be seen a large number of villages. The population is 600, all "United Greeks" they are now repairing their humble church. At the foot of the hill is a spring the 'Ain Neffakhiyeh which waters a few gardens."[3]
In 1881, thePEF'sSurvey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, containing 200 Christians. There is a modern church in the village, which is situatedon the top of a hill, surrounded by figs and arable land. Water supplied from springs in the valley, and threecisterns in the village."[4]
In 2014,Christians made up 70.47% andMuslims made up 29.13% of registered voters in An-Naffakhiyah. 61.81% of the voters wereGreek Catholics and 28.74% wereShiite Muslims.[5]
