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- النبطية (Al-Nabaṭiyyah)
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- النبطية التحتا (Al-Nabaṭiyyah al-Taḥtā)
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Nabatieh
Lebanon
Also known as: Al-Nabaṭiyyah, Al-Nabaṭiyyah al-Taḥtā
Nabatieh, town, southern Lebanon. It is the major center of tobacco growing in Lebanon. Other agricultural products are grapes, olives, figs, and grains. Most of the inhabitants of the town are Shiʿi Muslims. A main road crosses the region connecting Nabatieh to Sidon via the road along the Mediterranean Coast, to Marjayoun, and southeastward to the Israeli border and the Quneitra muḥāfaẓah of Syria. The surrounding region includes the southern ranges of the Lebanon Mountains that descend southward toward the hills of Galilee. Pop. (latest est.) 100,000.
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