Beit_Lahya,_Lebanon

Beit Lahia, Lebanon

Beit Lahia, Lebanon

Village in Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon

For the city in the Gaza strip, see Beit Lahia.

Beit Lahia (or Beit Lahya) (Arabic: بيت لهيا) is a village situated in the Rashaya District and south of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.[1] It is located near Mount Hermon and the Syrian border, not far from Rashaya, Aaiha and Kfar Qouq.

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The village sits about 955 metres (3,133 ft) above sea level and comprises an area of 392 hectares (3.92 km2).[2]

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Beit Lehya's population as being Druze, "Greek" Christians and Maronite.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Leila Tarazi Fawaz (1994). An occasion for war: civil conflict in Lebanon and Damascus in 1860. University of California Press. pp. 63–. ISBN 978-0-520-20086-9. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
  2. [2]
    Localiban Entry about Beit Lahia (Lebanon)
  3. [3]
    Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 138

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