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THE TOWN PROFILE

The town of Zgharta is the administrative center of the district. It is inhabited by nearly 25000 people (an estimation due to lack of official data)... Of the 27214 registered, around 9800 people live or work abroad (out of Lebanon).

The Public Administration: The town of Zgharta is the administrative center of the Caza (District) of Zgharta Zawieh. It is the siege of the Ka'emakam (governor) who represents the central government authority and who is nominated by the Cabinet and is relevant to the ministery of Interior Affairs....

The schools in Zgharta: A brief survey on the history of education in the town of Zgharta.

The Municipality: the municipal councils from 1916 till 1976

A Brief Political History of Zgharta - Ehden. Five major families marked the political life of the Caza. A brief review on the legislative elections in the Caza of Zgharta-Zawieh from 1934 to the year 2000.

Agricultural Survey: A community interested in owning land was surely an agricultural community. ... The early people of Zgharta planted vegetables in the irrigated lands near the rivers and wheat in the eastern part where water was less available....

OUR MAIN TOPICS

a brief history: The majority of the Maronite people inhabited towns and villages in Mount Lebanon, dominating Tripoli and Beirut and facing the West.... These contiguous or neighboring regions formed a strategic triangle, which guaranteed the security of the Maronites and constituted the principal center of their religious and national lives.

Aerial photo of Zgharta and its surroundings: Karabashe & Asnoun, Kfardlakos, Mejdlaya and Harf Ardeh.

Emigration: The names of these early emigrants are available in lists with the official record number and according to the sector they were initially living in. The names are classified in alphabetical order. The names in the lists are those of emigrants that went away in the early 1900's and didn't report back.