Jannata

Jannata is a municipality in Southern Lebanon, located in the Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.

Etymology

According to E. H. Palmer, the name comes from Jennat, garden.

In 1875, Victor Guérin found the village,, to have 60 Metawileh inhabitants. He further noted: "The village contains a number of ruined houses. A little mosque is partly built of
ancient materials."
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it: "A small village of stone and mud, containing about 100 Moslems. It lies low, on arable land. The water is supplied by two wells in the village."

In 2014 Muslims made up 99.24% of registered voters in Jannata. 97.70% of the voters were Lebanese [Shia Muslims|Shiite Muslims].