Toura, Lebanon

Toura is a municipality in the Tyre District in South Lebanon, located 9 kilometres northeast of Tyre.

Etymology

According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name Torah comes from "flowing water".

History

In 1875, Victor Guérin found here 450 Metawileh. He further noted that the village occupied "the summit of a hill entirely covered with fig-trees."
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village of mud and stone, situated on the top of a hill, and surrounded by figs, olives, and arable land. There are a spring and cisterns. It contains about 200 Metawileh."

Demographics

In 2014 Muslims made up 99.89% of registered voters in Toura. 99.36% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.