Bmahray
Bmahray
بمهريه | |
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Village | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon |
| Governorate | Mount Lebanon Governorate |
| District | Aley District |
| Area | |
• Total | 23.6 km2 (9.1 sq mi) |
| Lowest elevation | 1,215 m (3,986 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
Bmahray (Arabic: بمهريه), is a village in the Aley District in Lebanon. It lies 41 km south-East of Beirut at an altitude of 1215m above sea level.[1]
Demography
[edit | edit source]Bmahray's residents are Maronite, Druze and Greek Catholic communities. The 2010 municipal elections census counted 1018 registered voters,[2] The village's religious buildings are Saint George Maronite church and a Druze Khalwa.
Bmahray's main families are:
- Bou Zakhem
- Bou Malhab / Bou Malham
- Al Abanni
- Saab
- Abou Chahine
- Abou Ghanem
- Moukamer
- Daou
- Jreidy
- Nakhle
- Rabah
- Malkoun
Geography
[edit | edit source]Bmahray is located on the western face of Mount Lebanon. According to the national local development resource Center (Localiban), the village has a total municipal area of 23.6 square kilometres (9.11 sq mi).[1]
Archaeology
[edit | edit source]Bmahray contains the remains of Roman monuments and rock sarcophagi.[3]
Economy
[edit | edit source]Bmahray has no schools, no hospitals or medical institutions and no institutions counting more than 5 employees.[1]
Before the Lebanese civil war, the main source of income for the villagers was horticulture, especially apples; the lack of water for irrigation failed attempts to revitalize this economic activity.[3]
Government and politics
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Some residents are affiliated with March 14 Movement with others affiliated to the Free Patriotic Movement, and the Progressive Socialist Party. The mayor is Joseph Malkoun since 1998.
Environment
[edit | edit source]Bmahray was one of the first villages to become part of the Shouf Cedar Biosphere Reserve. It has one million square meters of cedar trees, as well as at least three million square meters of pine trees.[3]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- Bmahray, Localiban
