NABATIYAH AT-TAHTA, AN-

town, southern Lebanon. It is the major centre of tobacco growing in Lebanon. Other agricultural products are grapes, olives, figs, and grains. Most of the inhabitants of the town are Shi'ite Muslims. A main road crosses the region connecting an-Nabatiyah at-Tahta to Sidon via the road along the Mediterranean Coast, to Marj 'Uyun, and southeastward to the Israeli border and the occupied al-Qunaytirah sector of Syria. The surrounding region includes the southern ranges of the Lebanon Mountains that descend southward toward the hills of Galilee. Pop. (1985 est.) 100,000.