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Municipality in South Governorate, Lebanon

Qaqaaiyet as-Snoubar قاقعية الصنوبر
Municipality
Qaqaaiyet as-SnoubarLocation in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°25′51″N 35°20′40″E / 33.43083°N 35.34444°E / 33.43083; 35.34444
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	South Governorate
District	Sidon District
Area
• Total	3.5 km (1.4 sq mi)
Elevation	220 m (720 ft)
Population
• Total	3,000
• Density	860/km (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	www.sanoubar.com

Qaqaaiyet as-Snoubar (Arabic: قاقعية الصنوبر, also spelled Qaqaaiyat as-Sanawbar, Kakaiyat Sanawbar, or Kaakayat Al Sanawbar) is a municipality in Sidon District, South Governorate, Lebanon. It is located southeast of Sidon, and is considered an "extension" of the villages of Jabal Amel. The population is of about 3,000 inhabitants.

Name

Qaaqaaiyet (Arabic: قاقعية) derives from Muhammad bin Hassan Al-Qaiq (Arabic: حمد بن حسن القعيق), while El Snoubar (Arabic: الصنوبر) is Arabic for "the pine", a common tree in the village, which is harvested for its pine nuts.

Demographics

In 2014, Muslims made up 99.82% of registered voters in Qaqaaiyet as-Snoubar. 99.02% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.

Notable People

The village contains the locally revered tomb of Sheikh Muhammad bin Hassan Al-Qa’iq.

Abbas Assi, a Lebanese international footballer, was born in Qaqaaiyet as-Snoubar.

References

"موقع بلدية قاقعية الصنوبر". www.sanoubar.com. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
Rashid, كتبه: Lina (8 September 2020). "قاقعية الصنوبر". الآمال الإخبارية (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^ "القائمة الرئيسية :: قاقعية الصنوبر - لمحة عن البلدة - موقع بلدية قاقعية الصنوبر". www.sanoubar.com. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
"التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة قاقعية الصنوبر، قضاء صيدا (قرى) محافظة الجنوب في لبنان". إعْرَفْ لبنان.
"Abbas Assi". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 5 June 2022.

v t e Sidon District, South Governorate
Capital	Sidon
Towns and villages	Aabra Al-Aaddoussiyah Aadloun Aanqoun Aaqtanit Ain ad-Delb Ansariyah Arab aj-Jall Arzay Al-Babliyah Al-Baisariyah Banaafoul Barti Bqosta Al-Bramiyah Darb as-Sim Al-Ghassaniyah Al-Ghaziyah Al-Hajjah Haret Saida Al-Helaliyah Irkay Jenjlaya Kaouthariyat as-Siyad Kfar Beit Kfar Chellal Kfar Hatta Kfar Melki Kfaraya Al-Kharayeb Khartoum Khaziz Al-Loubiyah Al-Maamriyah Maghdouché Majdelyoun Al-Marwaniyah Miye ou Miye An-Najjariyah Qaqaaiyet as-Snoubar Qennarit Al-Qraiyah Al-Qunaitra As-Saksakiyah As-Salhiyah As-Sarafand Tanbourit Teffahta Tobbaya Zaghdraiya Zaita Az-Zrariyah
Palestinian refugee camps	Mieh Mieh refugee camp Ain al-Hilweh
Other	Akbiyeh Elaea Jebel Aabeby Sarepta

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