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History of Zawieh and
Jurd
The “Caza” or district
of Zgharta-Zawieh is geographically divided into two regions: the Zawieh and
the jurd. The word zawieh in Arabic means the “corner”; and this region was
named Zawieh because it was the end northern corner of “Small Lebanon” (the
era before 1920) and it was the intersection point of the sea and mount
Lebanon.
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Geography
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Here we have classified the communities present in the
district according to their altitudes and directions.
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A Satellite View of the
Caza
This is a satellite
view of part of North Lebanon and the district of Zgharta Zawieh. Through
the annotations below you can locate villages, towns, rivers, mountains,
valleys, nature reserves...
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Towns &
Villages of the Caza
of Zgharta Zawieh:
a survey of towns and villages of
the "Caza"
Pages
for information relevant to each town or village in the district. There
may be neighboring villages in one page. We welcome any information to
be added. These pages will be updated continuously. Click on the name of
the town or village to access relevant pages.
Aashash,
Aalma,
Aarbet Qozhaya, Aardat,
Aarjes,
Aintourine,
Aitou,
Ardeh,
Aslout,
Asnoun,
Basloukit,
Beit Awkar, Beit Obeid,
Beseb’el,
Bhairet Toula, Bshennine,
Bnashii,
Bousit,
Daraya,
Ejbe’e,
Fradiss,
Haret Al Fawar,
Harf Ardeh,
Harf Miziara,
Hawka,
Hilan,
Hmeiss,
Iaal,
Kadrieh,
Kfardlakos,
Karabash,
Karmsaddeh,
Kfarfou,
Kfarhata,
Kfarhawra,
Kfarsghab,
Kfarzaina,
Kfaryachite,
Kfarshakhna,
Khaldieh,
Kifraya,
Mazraat Al Nahr,
Mazraat Al Toufah,
Mazraat Hraykis,
Mejdlaya,
Miriata,
Miziara
Rashiine,
Raskifa,
Sakhra,
Ser’el,
Seb'el.
Toula,
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The Political History Of Zawieh
Too little is known about
the political life of the Zawieh before 1850, but the history of some known
families can give us a notion about politics at that time.
During the first Ottoman
colonisation of Lebanon era (1517-1860) the district of Zgharta - Zawieh was
patitioned into small feodal strongholds called "Okta'at" in arabic and the
word really means "feodality". There was Okta'at Ehden, Okta'at Kfarsghab
and Okta'at Al-Zawieh. The political history of the later two was simply the
political history of three families: the Shmer and the Daher in Zawieh and the Estephane in
Kfarsghab.
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