Aadchit

Aadchit عدشيت
Village
Aadchit Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°16′38″N 35°28′51″E / 33.27722°N 35.48083°ECoordinates: 33°16′38″N 35°28′51″E / 33.27722°N 35.48083°E
Grid position	195/198 PAL
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Nabatieh Governorate
District	Marjeyoun District
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Dialing code	+961

Aadchit, Atshis, (Arabic: عدشيت‎‎) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in South Lebanon.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name Atshis comes from a personal name.^[1]

History

In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "a small village, built of mud and stone, containing about 100 Metawileh, situated on a low ridge surrounded by small gardens and olives. The water supply is from four rock-cut cisterns."^[2]

References

1. Palmer, 1881, p. 18
2. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 86

Bibliography

• Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
• Guérin, Victor (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
• Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.

External links

• Aadchit (Qoussair), Localiban
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons