Sohmor

Sohmor
سحمر
Town
Sohmor is located in Lebanon
Sohmor
Sohmor
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.

Geography

lies at an elevation of 839m above sea level in the western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Government, south of Lake Qaraoun on the Litani River. The town is situated approximately 89 km southeast of Beirut, 49 km from Zahlé, the governorate's administrative center, nd 20 km from Jib Jannine, the district's administrative center.

Demographics

According to Lebanon's 2014 Ministry of Interior electoral register, Sohmor had 3,824 registered voters, comprising 1,914 women and 1,910 men. The rolls recorded 288 distinct family surnames among 3,817 individual voter entries. The town's population is predominantly Shia Muslim.

References

  1. 1 2 3 /staff.aub.edu.lb
  2. ↑ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 141
  3. 1 2 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.
  6. ↑ "معلومات عن بلدة سحمر - Sohmor، قضاء البقاع الغربي في محافظة البقاع، حسب لوائح الناخبين الرسمية الصادرة عن وزارة الداخلية اللبنانية لسنة ٢٠١٤". إعْرَفْ لبنان. Retrieved 2026-08-27.

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