Toura () is a municipality in the Tyre District in South Lebanon, located 9 kilometres northeast of Tyre. Etymology According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name Torah comes from "flowing water".Palmer, 1881, p. 11
History In 1875, Victor Guérin found here 450 Metawileh. He further noted that the village occupied "the summit of a hill entirely covered with fig-trees."Guérin, 1880, p. 250; partly translated in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 51
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village of mud and stone, situated on the top of a hill, and surrounded by figs, olives, and arable land. There are a spring and cisterns. It contains about 200 Metawileh."Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 51 Demographics In 2014 Muslims made up 99.89% of registered voters in Toura. 99.36% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/الجنوب/صور/طورا/المذاهب/
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External links Toura, Localiban Survey of Western Palestine, Map 1: IAA, Wikimedia commons