Jannata () is a municipality in Southern Lebanon, located in the Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.
Etymology According to E. H. Palmer, the name comes from Jennat, garden.Palmer, 1881, p. 22
History In 1875, Victor Guérin found the village, (which he called Djennateh), to have 60 Metawileh inhabitants.Guérin, 1880, p. 256 He further noted: "The village contains a number of ruined houses. A little mosque is partly built of ancient materials."Guérin, 1880, p. 256, as translated by Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 116
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A small village of stone and mud, containing about 100 Moslems. […] It lies low, on arable land. The water is supplied by two wells in the village."Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 92
Demographics In 2014 Muslims made up 99.24% of registered voters in Jannata. 97.70% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/الجنوب/صور/جناتا/المذاهب/
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External links Jennata, Localiban Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons