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Coordinates: 33°3141N 35°396E / 33.52806°N 35.65167°E / 33.52806; 35.65167
 

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Machghara
مشغرة
Town
Machghara is located in Lebanon
Machghara

Machghara

Location in Lebanon

Coordinates: 33°31′41N 35°39′6E / 33.52806°N 35.65167°E / 33.52806; 35.65167
Country Lebanon
GovernorateBeqaa Governorate
DistrictWestern Beqaa District
Population
 (1997 census estimates)
 • Total6,800

Machghara (Arabic: مشغرة), also spelled Mashghara, is a town in the Beqaa ValleyofLebanon,[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. The Iskander Spring lies to the northeast of the village.

History

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Ottoman tax registers in 16th century indicate Machghara had two imams, 389 households and 26 bachelors, all Muslims.[2]

Geography

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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.

People from Machghara

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References

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  1. ^ Le Commerce du Levant. Société de la presse économique. 1967. p. 40. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  • ^ Bakhit, Muhammad Adnan (1982). The Ottoman province of Damascus in the sixteenth century. Librairie du Liban. ISBN 9780866853224.
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