Burj Qallawiyah is one of the Lebanese villages in the villages of Bint Jbeil District in Nabatieh Governorate. According to E. H. Palmer, the name Burj el Alawei means "the tower of the Alawei" The lebanese Historian Fraiha said that the origin of the name Qallawiyya to tower in which it was destroyed. The town is 110 km from Beirut and rises 650 meters from the sea. A village, built of stone, situated on upland, with a few olives, figs, and some arable land round. The water supply is from a well and spring. The population of Burj Qalawiya are of the same origin. the families of town are Nour Eldin, Romaiti, Kandil, Tawbi, Hashem, Serhan, Hmoud, 'Atwi, 'Amacha, Ne'im, Naser, Jradi, Karim, Nader, Hodrej, Hojazi and Lama3.