Al-Jumayjimah () is a municipality in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon, located north-east of Tibnin.
Etymology According to E. H. Palmer, the name El Jumeijmeh comes from "The little sculls".Palmer, 1881, p. 23
History In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A small village of stone and mud, containing about 100 Metawileh, situated on hill-top, with a few olives and figs around. Water supply from cisterns."Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, pp. 94-95
On 29 September 1992, following an attack on a South Lebanon Army outpost in Rachaf, Hizbullah fighters shot their way through a Unifil checkpoint at Al-Jumayjimah. One Irish soldier was killed, bring the total number of Unifil soldiers killed to 187, 33 of them from Ireland.Middle East International No 435, 9 October 1992, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Gerald Butt p.11
Demographics In 2014 Muslims made up 99.75% of registered voters in Al-Jumayjimah. 98.68% of the voters were Shiite Muslims. https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/بنت-جبيل/الجميجمه/المذاهب/
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External links Jmaijmeh, Localiban Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons