Sohmor

Sohmor سحمر
Town
Sohmor Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°31′7″N 35°41′8″E
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Beqaa Governorate
District	Western Beqaa District

Sohmor (Arabic: سحمر) is a small town in the Beka'a Valley of Lebanon, situated in the Western Beqaa District and south of the Beqaa Governorate. It lies south of Lake Qaraoun on the Litani River.[1] It lies southwest of Machgara, northeast of Ain Et Tine, north of Yohmor, west of Mazret Al Chmis and northwest of Libbaya.

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Sahmur as a village on the West side of the Beqaa Valley, north of Yohmor.[2] It is a Shiite village.[3]

It was the site of the 1984 Sohmor massacre[4][5] and the 1996 Sohmor massacre.

References

1. /staff.aub.edu.lb
2. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 141
3. "التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة سحمر، قضاء البقاع الغربي محافظة البقاع في لبنان". إعْرَفْ لبنان. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
4. Keesing's contemporary archives. Keesing's Limited. 1985. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
5. "15 LEBANESEDRUSE HELD IN REVENGE KILLINGS". New York Times. AP. 22 Sep 1984. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

Bibliography

• Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.

External links

• Sohmor, Localiban
• Video