Mlikh
Mlikh is a mountain municipality in the Jezzine district, located in the South Governorate in Southern Lebanon. It lies on the Al Rihan mountain chain. The village is located on a number of mountains peaks, and between the mountain peaks.
Etymology
The word Mlikh may derive from the Semitic word for "king". The root of Mlikh or king in the Semitic language is mlk. The word malik derives from the Semitic root mlk. Mlikh or mlk may also possibly be connected to Moloch since moloch derives from the same mlk root, and means "to rule". In Phoenician mlk has been linked to "king", possibly deriving from pagan Melqart.History
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Melikh as a village by Jezzin, "East of et-Tuffa".Mlikh was under Israeli occupation from 1982 until 2000.
On the night of 12-13 September 1997 four Hizbullah members were killed in an Israeli ambush near Mlikh. Amongst the dead was 18-year-old Hadi Nasrallah, son of Hassan Nasrallah. Three months later, 12 December, another Hizbollah fighter was killed during an attack on a SLA compound near Mlikh.
Demographics
In 2014, Muslims made up 50.88% and Christians made up 49.12% of registered voters in Mlikh. 50.84% of the voters were Shitte Muslims and 38.96% were Maronite Catholics.The natives of Mlikh are Metawli and Maronite-Christians. The village houses one church, one mosque, and a Hussainiya.