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Machghara
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Machghara (Arabic: مشغرة), also spelled Mashghara, is a town in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon,[1] situated in the Western Beqaa District and south of the Beqaa Governorate. It lies just to the northwest of Sohmor and southwest of Lake Qaraoun, south of Aitanit and north of Ain Et Tine, and 45km(28mi) south east of the capital Beirut. The Iskander Spring lies to the northeast of the village.
Key Information
There were 9,944 registered voters in Machghara in 2010. The inhabitants of the town are Greek Orthodox, Greek Catholic and Shia Muslims.[2] On 14 June 1986 the Syrian army entered Machghara to enforce a truce that they had brokered between Hezbollah and the SSNP. During a week of fighting Hezbollah had taken control of the town.[3]
History
[edit]Ottoman tax registers in 16th century indicate Machghara had two imams, 389 households and 26 bachelors, all Muslims.[4]
Geography
[edit]The city is located at an average of 1,050 meters above sea level, more than 200 meters above the course of the Litani River. It leans against the eastern slope of the Mount Lebanon massif. Machghara is part of the Western Beqaa District Caza which has 18 localities.
Demographics
[edit]In 2014, Muslims made up 60.44% and Christians made up 38.87% of registered voters in Machghara. 58.17% of the voters were Shiite Muslims and 26.28% were Greek Catholics.[5]
People from Machghara
[edit]- Al-Hurr al-Amili (1624–1693)
- Nicolas Hajj (1907–1995)
- Zaki Nassif (1918–2004)
- Salim Ghazal (1931–2011)
- Farah Omar (1998–2023)
- Wassim Salamoun (b. 1952), 30th and current Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island in Canada
- Riad Sharara (1940-1994)
References
[edit]- ^ Le Commerce du Levant. Société de la presse économique. 1967. p. 40. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
- ^ "Municipal and ikhtiariah elections in the Beqa'a 147 municipalities and 414 mokhtars" (PDF). The Monthly Magazine. February 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04.
- ^ Middle East International No 278, 27 June 1986, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Jim Muir pp.7-8
- ^ Bakhit, Muhammad Adnan (1982). The Ottoman province of Damascus in the sixteenth century. Librairie du Liban. ISBN 9780866853224.
- ^ "التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة مشغره، قضاء البقاع الغربي محافظة البقاع في لبنان". إعْرَفْ لبنان.
External links
[edit]- Machghara, Localiban
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