Grid position 118/154 L Time zone EET (UTC+2) | ||
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.
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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
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