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| native_name = السلطانية
| native_name_lang = ara<!-- ISO 639-2 code: "fr" for French, "ara" for Arabic -->
| settlement_type = VillageMunicipality
 
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'''As-Sultaniyah''' ({{lang-langx|ar| السلطانية}}) is a villagemunicipality in the [[Bint Jbeil District]], in southern [[Lebanon]], located just north of [[TebnineTibnin]]. It was earlier called ''el Yehudiyeh''.
 
==Name==
== Etymology ==
According to [[Edward Henry Palmer|E. H. Palmer]] in 1881, ''El Yehûdîyeh'' meant "the Jews" or "Jewish woman."<ref>Palmer, 1881, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/38/mode/1up 38]</ref>
 
==History==
In 1881, the [[Palestine Exploration Fund|PEF]]'s [[PEF Survey of Palestine|''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP)]] described it as: "A small village, containing about 100 [[Metawileh]], situated in a valley, with olives, figs, and arable land. There is a spring and [[cistern]]s at the village."<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/95/mode/1up 95]</ref> They further noted that south of the village was a perennial spring, built up with masonry.<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/105/mode/1up 105]</ref>
 
In April 2024, Ali Ahmed Hassin, a senior commander of [[Hezbollah]]'s elite [[Redwan Force]], was assassinated in Israeli air strike in the village.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Confino |first=Jotam |date=2024-04-08 |title=Hezbollah commando leader assassinated in Israeli air strike |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/08/elite-hezbollah-commando-leader-killed-israeli-air-strike/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
 
==Demographics==
In 2014 [[Islam in Lebanon|Muslims]] made up 99.04% of registered voters in As-Sultaniyah. 97.45% of the voters were [[Lebanese Shia Muslims|Shiite Muslims]].<ref> https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/بنت-جبيل/السلطانيه/المذاهب/ </ref>
 
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