Qalaouiyeh


Qalaouiyeh is a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name Kalawei comes from the ancient Kelabo.

History

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Burj Alawei as: “A village, built of stone, on high ground, containing 150 Metawileh, surrounded by olives, fig-trees, and arable land. The water supply is from cisterns only." They further noted: "Ancient remains and some lintels."