Jwaya

Jwaya
جويا
Town
Jwaya is located in Lebanon
Jwaya
Jwaya
Coordinates: 33°14′N 35°20′E / 33.233°N 35.333°E / 33.233; 35.333
Grid position181/293 PAL
CountryLebanon
GovernorateSouth Governorate
DistrictTyre
Elevation
300 m (1,000 ft)
Time zone+2
 • Summer (DST)+3

Jwaya (Arabic: جويا) or Jouaiya,[1] is a town in Tyre district, Lebanon. Located in the center of Jabal Amel geographically, 95 kilometers from Beirut, and the county seat of Sidon 54 kilometers and 16 kilometers from the city of Tyre towards the east, rising from the sea at 300 m, a land area of 32.000 dunums cultivated arable including grains, vegetables, olives, figs, and recently citrus and fruit.

  1. ^ From personal name, Palmer, 1881, p. 23