Shebaa
Shebaa
شبعا | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
Shebaa in 1998 | |
Shebaa Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°20′55″N 35°44′55″E / 33.34861°N 35.74861°E | |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
| District | Hasbaya District |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
Shebaa (Arabic: شبعا) is a municipality on the south-eastern tip of Lebanon. It has a largely Sunni Muslim population of 25,000 people. It is situated at an altitude of approximately 1,700 m (5,600 ft) above sea level, spreading across two steep rocky mountainsides. It lies adjacent to the Lebanese claimed but Israeli occupied Shebaa farms—which sit between the town and the Golan Heights. Before 1967, residents of Shebaa farmed in the disputed Shebaa farms territory.