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Kfar Sir

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Grid position
  
118/154 L

Governorate
  
Nabatieh Governorate

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Country
  
Lebanon

District
  
Nabatieh District

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Area code(s)
  
+961 - (07 - South Lebanon)

Kfar Sir (كفرصير) is a village just north of the Litani River, in the Nabatieh District in southern Lebanon.

Contents

Map of Kfar Sir, Lebanon

History

In the 1596 tax records, it was named as a village, Kafr Tir, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Sagif under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 58 households and 5 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25 % on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 6,231 akçe.

References

Kfar Sir Wikipedia