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Ardeh - Harf Ardeh

Ardeh is an ancient and historic town that was known during the 14^th century B.C. as “Ardata”.

The “Tal” (hill) of Ardeh is an artificial one enfolding ruins of ancient edifices. During the 1970’s the Lebanese Directorate of Archeology started archeological diggings in Ardeh and discovered important artifacts.

In 1519 there were 38 adult males living in Ardeh (22 Christians and 16 Muslims) and in 1571 they increased to 62 adult males (44 Christians and 18 Muslims), in 1849 it counted 139 males living in 44 houses. During the early 20^th century, Ardeh was inhabited by 150 Maronite males, 20 Orthodox males and 15 Muslim males. In the 1932 census, there were 147 houses in Ardeh.

Ardeh’s oficial citizens records counted 2616 registered persons in 1998. Nearly one third of the registered persons are now living abroad as emigrants. 160 of the registered are emigrants that had cut their relations with their motherland although their names are still in the records. See the table in yellow (below right)

Harf Ardeh: A community that shares some of the families with Ardeh. The number of registered in this community has increased significally in the past 4 decades because many persons moved in from the District of Dannieh. In 1998 there were 1220 registered persons (963 registered in 1988), 30% of them are emigrants.

Useful Information

Education: The school in Ardeh was present before WWI and teaching was done by the priests, among them were: Yowakim Fadlallah, Youssef Shedid and Elias Awkar. In the 1930ies, the Lazarists assisted the school. In 1947, the school became and still sponsored by the Maronite Archdiocese. Today there are 12 teachers and 300 students in this elementary and complementary shool. The government opened a public school in 1960, it is still active today.

Administration: The municipality of 15 members is shared with Harf Ardeh and two small communities Beit Awkar and Beit Obeid. The seats are distributed according to the number of listed voters: Ardeh 9 seats, Harf Ardeh 4 seats, Beit Awkar 1 seat, Beit Obeid 1 seat.

In May 1998, the first municipal elections took place with two lists of candidates running up. The elected municipal council of 15 members was finally formed of Habib Victor Lattouf (President), Marie Boutros Hajj, Semaan Gerges Hdaidi, Romanos Semaan Mekhtefi, Mikhaiil Youssef Naoum, Antonios Youssef Obeid, Fayad Karam Haykal, Elias Nasim Mahfoud, Gerges Hanna Amine (Ardeh 9 seats).Salim Sarkis Fadlallah (Vice President), Wajih Gerges Bou Francis, Sarkis Fayad Saad, Sarkis Youssef Saliba (Harf Ardeh 4 seats). Tony Saji' Awkar, Nader Khalil Nader.

The two elected Mukhtars: Joseph Farid Abou Deeb, Milad Kalim Shahine.

The elected Mukhtar of Harf Ardeh is Nakhoul Neemtallah Shedid.

Record #

141

147

150

156

157

168

169

173

175

176

181

184

186

192

207

208

209

211

212

213

214

216

218

220

222

223

225

226

227

228

234

236

237

238

239

240

245

250

253

255

257

258

259

260

266

274

275

277

Name

Bousher

Salma

Ibrahim

Angelito

Aida

Louis Antonio

Jamil

Lace

Marcel

Maiza

Selman

Farideh

Naiim

Naiimeh

Jamileh

Hanneh

Hanna

Saiid

MiKhaiil

Alice

Laurice

Laura

Jamileh

Sarkis

Ibrahim

Wazirah

Habib

Najib

Louisa

Shaibane

Gerges

Assaad

Hamideh

Evelyne

Laurice

Wakim

Albert

Jeanine

Claude

Amerique

Julia

George

Saiid

O'tor

Layla

Emilie

Youssefieh

Lamia

Na'if

Mariam

Doumit

Naiimeh

Moufarrej

Badii

Salma

Sarkis

Mariam

Fouad

Catherine

Alfred

Alphonse

Milia

Alberto

Karimeh

Edmond

Miguel

Alfonso

Maria

Hanneh

Jamileh

Hasibeh

Youssef

Alfred

Nouha

Sarkis

Mariana

Yvonne

William

Nasif

Haifa

Iskandar

Hanna

Nasib

Judit

Maurice

Michel

Sofia

Farid

Kalthoum

Adele

Michel

Antonios

Saada

Wadi'a

Badawi

Hanneh

Norma

Maria

Jawad

Jamileh

Yvette

Nouhad

Majed

Shdid

Victoria

Irene

Youna

Kabalane

Amira

Marlena

Assaad

Joanne

Fouad

Lamia

Julia

Najib

Iskandar

Edma

Edgar

Nazha

Doumit

Ibrahim

Sarah

Youssef

Antonios

Domingo

Angenio

Youssef

Maria

Rida

Sassine

Antonio

Victoria

Marco Antonio

Hanneh

Yaacoub

Thouraya

Hind

Emile

Marie

Roberto

Youssef

Josephine

Ernestia

Guillermo

Josephine

Roberto

Jose Fausto

Louis

Sylvia

Rossio

Jamileh

Joseph

Marroush

Wahib

Nouri

Father's Name

Youssef

Petro

Angelito

Petro

Jamil

Tannous

Youssef

Selman

Semaan

Youssef

Melhem

Bakhos

Mikhaiil

Melhem

Doumit

Abdallah

Khalil

Youssef

Michel

Maroun

Mikhaiil

Amine

Semaan

Ibrahim

Saiid

Badawi

Abdel Ahad

Semaan

Sarkis

Assaad

Doumit

Nakhel

Alphonse

Milad

Ibrahim

Esber

Gerges

Youssef

Gerges

Antoine

Siajran

Sarkis

Iskandar Shdid

Shehwane

Nasif

Gerges

Jirji

Esber

Youssef

Esber

Salem

Nasif

Khoury Mikhaiil

Iskamdar Shdid

Jawad

Assaad Shdid

Assaad

Fares

Shdid

Iskandar Shdid

Khoury Boulos

Fouad

Antonios

Mershed

Saiid

Badawi

Gerges

Youssef

Youssef Assaad

Tannous

Nakhleh

Assaad

Hanna

Najib

Sarkis

Elias Youssef

Boulos

Roberto

Dib

Gerges

Sleiman

Khalil

Jabbou

Family

Bou Wehbeh

Azmoz Haykal

Suza

Azmoz Haykal

Jabbour

Arab

Jabbour

Hajj

Khattar

Saad

Akkari

Mahfoud

Khalil

Fadlallah

Eid

Marroun

Jaajaa

Ghaleb

Maatouk

Milane

Mardini

Amine

Saghir

Rawdah

Saghir

Khoury

Kanaan

Hanna

Saab

Beshara

Hajj

Aoun

Tadros

Ghaleb

Moawad

Ghaleb

Arab

Ayash

Sadek

Doumit

Sadek

Jabbour

Badawi

Ghaleb

Moawad

Ghaleb

Bourji

Ghaleb

Moawad

Shdid

Khoury

Douaihy

Jabbour

Azar

Abboud

Jabbour

Tannous

Khoury

Hajj

Khoury

Jabbour

Farah

Hajj

Khoury

Nouhra

Khoury

De Lamora

Sylvia

Khoury

Dib

Helou

Badra

Bou Dib

Date of Birth

1910

1916

1926

1951

1922

1952

1954

1900

1901

1920

1922

1927

1906

1908

1910

1904

1912

1929

1931

1904

1925

1929

1927

1904

1909

1912

1917

1920

1915

1925

1927

1929

1931

1939

1952

1919

1907

1931

1900

1908

1927

1928

1911

1907

1925

1927

1911

1914

1935

1937

1943

1946

1952

1906

1908

1910

1913

1916

1918

1920

1922

1943

1948

1951

1912

1907

1908

1931

1912

1915

1911

1933

1934

1898

1905

1924

1926

1930

1931

1933

1934

1936

1901

1908

1901

1899

1898

1901

1898

1913

1907

1912

1931

1933

1910

1903

1913

1936

1938

1940

1942

1944

1946

1947

1903

1908

1927

1928

1929

1933

1938

1908

1924

1928

1897

1907

1905

1903

1900

1909

1936

1898

1897

1905

1909

1945

1898

1910

1915

1927

1934

1959

1909

1912

1918

1921

1929

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1954

1929

1928

1924

1910

1945