Cheikh Taba

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Cheikh Taba (Arabic: الشيخ طابا, romanized: ash-Shaykh Ṭābā) is a town in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon, close to the border with Syria.

The population in Cheikh Taba are mostly Greek Orthodox and Maronite.[1]

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted the village as esh-Sheikh Taba, whose inhabitants were Greek Orthodox Christians, located west of esh-Sheikh Mohammed.[2]

In 1856 it was named Sheikh Taba on the map of Northern Palestine/Lebanon that Heinrich Kiepert published that year.[3]

References

  1. 1."Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. pp. 16, 21. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  2. 2.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 183
  3. 3.Kiepert, 1856, Map of Northern Palestine/Lebanon