Grid position 114/154 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) | ||
Sir el Gharbiyeh (سير الغربية) is a village just north of the Litani River, in the Nabatieh District in southern Lebanon.
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Map of Sir El Gharbiyeh, Lebanon
History
In the 1596 tax records, it was named as a village, Sir, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Sagif under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 10 households, 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"; a total of 2,000 akçe.
References
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