Qlaiaa

Qlaiaa (القليعة) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon. The inhabitants are mainly Maronite Christians.

Name
According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "the little castle".

History
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Qlaiaa's population as Maronite.

In 1870 Victor Guérin found the village to have 400 Maronite inhabitants.

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, containing about 1 50 Christians ; it contains a church, and is situated on a ridge, with vineyards, olives, figs, and arable land around ; it has a birket and spring near." Note that a birket is a pool of water.