Sohmor

Sohmor
سحمر
Town
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°31′7″N 35°41′8″E / 33.51861°N 35.68556°E / 33.51861; 35.68556
Country Lebanon
GovernorateBeqaa Governorate
DistrictWestern Beqaa District

Sohmor (Levantine Arabic: سحمر, romanized: Soḥmor) 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. It lies southeast 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 inhabited by Metawileh. It is a Shiite village.

It was the site of the 1984 Sohmor massacre committed by Druze members of the South Lebanon Army, backed by the Israel Defense Forces.

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.

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