Blida, Lebanon
Blida is a municipality in Marjayoun District in southern Lebanon.
Location
The municipality of Blida is located in the Kaza of Marjayoun one of is one of the eight mohafazats of Lebanon. Blida is 118 kilometers away from Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. Its elevation is 630 meters above sea level. Blida surface stretches for 1330 hectares.Name
wrote that the name Belidet meant "The little village".History
In 1881, the PEF's PEF [Survey of Palestine|Survey of Western Palestine (SWP)] described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing mosque, and having about 150 Moslem inhabitants, situated on a ridge, with figs, olives, and arable land. One cistern and a good spring one mile south-east of the village give the water supply."They further noted: "Here are several columns and remains of ruins. Double triangles are cut on either side of door of mosque."