Grid position 118/167 L Governorate Nabatieh Governorate Time zone EET (UTC+2) Area code +961 | Country Lebanon District Nabatieh District Dialing code +961 | |
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Zefta (زفتا) is a village in Nabatieh District, southern Lebanon.
Contents
Map of Zefta, Lebanon
History
In the 1596 tax records, it was named as a village, Zafta, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Sagif under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 17 households and 4 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25 % on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 1,740 akçe.
In 1875, Victor Guérin found here a village with 200 Metuali inhabitants.
References
Zefta, Lebanon Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA