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Place in Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon
Bouarej بوارج
Bouarej is located in LebanonBouarejBouarejLocation in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°48′45″N 35°49′20″E / 33.81250°N 35.82222°E / 33.81250; 35.82222
Country Lebanon
GovernorateBeqaa Governorate
DistrictZahle District
Elevation4,300 ft (1,310 m)
Population
 • Total3,250
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Bouarej (also spelled Bouarij, Bouârej, Buariji or Bwareg) is a village located on the eastern side of the Church Mountain, Beqaa.

Population

Bouarij has 1,274 registered voters in the 2009 elections. The population follow Sunni Islam. In the municipal Lebanese elections of 2004, Bouarej counted 1,905 registered voters of which 1,141 voted. For the past 150 years, the village has been populated by four main families: Chahine, Jabr, Jaber and AlBast.

References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), p.5.

External links

Flag of Lebanon Zahle District, Beqaa Governorate
Capital: Zahlé
Towns and villages
Other

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.32106000420825&view=1up&seq=13&skin=mobile Buarij: Portrait Of A Lebanese Muslim Village : Fuller, Anne H:

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