Kounin () is a municipality in Lebanon located in Bint Jbeil District, south-east of Tibnin.
Etymology E. H. Palmer wrote that the name Kounin came from a personal name.Palmer, 1881, p. 87
History In 1875, Victor Guérin gives the population of this place at 400, divided between Moslems and Metawileh.Guérin, 1880, p. 375; as given in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 202
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing about 200 Metawileh; it is situated on ridge, with olives and arable land around; water from cisterns in the village and from a large birket."Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 202 They further noted: "There are two round and two octagonal pillars at this village, remains of old materials, and a lintel measuring 17' long and bearing a Greek inscription. There are also several cisterns and a large birkeh. The inscription on the lintel is probably the common formula, KYPIE BOHΘH ("Help, Lord")."Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 250
In March 2024, senior Hezbollah commander in the elite Redwan force, Ismail al-Zin, was killed by an Israeli drone strike in Kounin.
Demographics In 2014 Muslims made up 99.60% of registered voters in Kounin. 97.67% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.
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External links Kounine, Localiban Survey of Western Palestine, Map 4: IAA, Wikimedia commons