Qaouzah
القوزح
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  Qaouzah Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°07′17″N 35°20′22″E / 33.12139°N 35.33944°E / 33.12139; 35.33944 | |
| Grid position | 181/280 PAL |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
| District | Bint Jbeil District |
| Highest elevation | 800 m (2,600 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 700 m (2,300 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
Qaouzah (Arabic: القوزح)[1] is a Lebanese village located in the CazaofBint Jbeil in the Nabatiye GovernorateinLebanon.
Qaouzah occupies a hill with elevation ranging from 700 to 800 meters above sea level. It is located 110 km south of Beirut.[2]
The main agricultural products of Qaouzah are olive, carob and tobacco. Qauouzah is celebrated for the quality of its thyme and za'atar production.[3]
The Saint Joseph forest stretches from the village to the border.[4]
The people of Qaouzah are Lebanese and are almost exclusive Maronite Christians.[5]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A small village, containing about 100 Christians, with a small Christian chapel situated on a hill-top, with figs, olives, and arable land; a few cisterns for the water supply.”[6]
The Saint Joseph church was built in 1927.[7]
In July 2006, Qaouzah, like other villages that string Lebanon's southern border, such as Ain Ebel, Debel, Rmaich, and Yaroun, was caught in the 2006 Lebanon War of Hezbollah and the Israeli army.[8]
In 2019, a monkey owned by Sister Beatrice Mauger, who runs a peace project in the village, breached the border with Israel, and after a week on the loose and media frenzy, was returned to its owner by United Nations peacekeepers.[9]
Qaouzah, like other villages along the border, was caught in the crossfire during the 2023 Israel–Lebanon border conflict.[10][11]
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