Tayr Harfa () is a municipality in Tyre District in Southern Lebanon, located 16 kilometres south of Tyre.
Etymology According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "The fortress of Harfa".Palmer, 1881, p. 55
History In 1852, during the late Ottoman era, Edward Robinson noted it on his travels in the region.Robinson and Smith, 1856, p. 62
In 1875, Victor Guérin found here 200 Metuali inhabitants.Guérin, 1880, pp. 129-130
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A stone and mud village, containing about 200 Moslems, on a hill, with olives, figs, and arable land, and waste ground covered with brushwood. Water from cisterns."Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 151
Demographics In 2014 Muslims made up 99.41% of registered voters in Tayr Harfa. 96.30% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/الجنوب/صور/طير-حرفا/المذاهب/
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External links Tayr Harfa, Localiban Survey of Western Palestine, Map 3: IAA, Wikimedia commons