Bqaa Safrine

Bqaa Safrine
بقاع صفرين
Bqaa Safrine is located in Lebanon
Bqaa Safrine
Bqaa Safrine
Location in Lebanon.
Coordinates: 34°22′32″N 36°01′25″E / 34.37556°N 36.02361°E / 34.37556; 36.02361
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNorth Governorate
Districts of LebanonMiniyeh-Danniyeh District
Area
[1]
 • Total
96.85 km2 (37.39 sq mi)
Time zone+2
 • Summer (DST)+3

Bqaa Safrine (Arabic: بقاع صفرين) is a Lebanese Sunni Muslim village, located in the Miniyeh-Danniyeh District. It had 2,750 eligible voters in the 2009 elections.[2]

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted the village as Buka'a Sufrin located in the Ed-Dunniyeh area, whose inhabitants were Sunni Muslim.[3]

References

  1. ^ Bqaa Safrine, Localiban
  2. ^ "Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. pp. 20, 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  3. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 186

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