Al-Qlaiaah
Al-Qlaiaah is a municipality in the Marjayoun District in southern Lebanon. The inhabitants are mainly Maronite Christians.
Etymology
According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "the little castle".History
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Al-Qlaiaah's population as Maronite.In 1870 Victor Guérin found the village to have 400 Maronite inhabitants.
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, containing about 150 Christians; it contains a church, and is situated on a ridge, with vineyards, olives, figs, and arable land around; it has a birket and spring near." Note that a birket is a pool of water.