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Hisah
حيصا | |
|---|---|
Village | |
.JPG) River by Hisah | |
  Hisah Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 34°35′47″N 36°3′17″E / 34.59639°N 36.05472°E | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Akkar |
| District | Akkar |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.10 km2 (0.81 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 30 m (100 ft) |
| Population (2009)[2] | |
• Total | 1,756 eligible voters |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
Hisah (Hokr el Haïssa,[3] Haysa, Hayssa, El Haïssa, Hisa, Arabic: حيصا) is a northern Lebanese village in Akkar Governorate, close to the Syrian border. It is mostly inhabited by Alawites[4][5] and Sunni Muslims.[2]
- ^ a b Hayssa Archived 2016-05-06 at the Wayback Machine, Localiban
- ^ a b "Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. p. 16, 21. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Hokr el Haïssa (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ Staff (31 July 2008). "Lebanon: Displaced families struggle on both sides of sectarian divide". RefWorld. United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR). Archived from the original on 19 October 2012.
- ^ Mohammed Ali Hussein, mayor of Hisa, estimates around 500 Allawi families have had their homes damaged and perhaps half of all Jebel Mohsen’s 50,000 residents have been displaced. Macleod, Hugh; Aysha, Rami (17 August 2008). "A perfect storm in Tripoli". The Sunday Herald. Archived from the original on 2 August 2010.