The word Zaghdraiya means "castle" or "fortress" possibly because the village is surrounded by hill tops in almost every direction.

[2] In 1875, Victor Guérin found it to be a village of 150 Metualis, who planted figs and olives in the environment.

[3] The town saw many struggles between its political party branches of various militias during the Lebanese Civil War In 2014, Muslims made up 99.24% of registered voters in Aadloun.

[5] The town is mostly an agricultural landscape with many olive, lemon, fig, orange, loquat (Akkidenia), and green almond trees.

The town overlooks hills of southern Lebanon due to it being predominantly uninhabited landscapes and rarely any tall buildings.