Mazraat En Nahr

Mazraat En Nahr

مزرعة النهر
Mazraat En Nahr مزرعة النهر
Village
	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	33227
Dialing code	+961
Website	http://mazraatennahr.weebly.com/
	Family Names Bakhous; Bakhos; Bakous; Bitar; Dib; Ghaleb; Hawwa; Massaad; Michael; Mouawad; Moujalli; Nasr; Nassif; Rawadi; Saba; Semaan; Sleiman; Yaacoub; Yaghi; Younan; Zougbi;

Mazraat En Nahr (

Qadisha, between the villages of villages Tourza and Sereel, Mazraat En Nahr is considered a holy and spiritual place in Eastern Christianity

.

Etymology/Demographics

Mazraat Al Nahr is a Lebanese word meaning “Farm/Planting by the river.” The name derives from the agricultural production of potatoes, onions, fruits, and vegetables all by the side river of El Karya and El Ghar Spring. The population of Mazraat En Nahr is approximately 378 people, but no official census has been taken lately. Historically, the inhabitants of Mazraat En Nahr were a mixture of many peoples. The majority were

Syriac

.

Lebanese diaspora from Mazraat En Nahr number approximately 20,000 worldwide, residing primarily in

the United States and Canada

.

Religion

The population is majority

Maronite Christian.^[1]

Agriculture

Potatoes, Onions, Fruits and Vegetables. The village water is supplied from the El Karya and El Ghar springs.

Location/Tourism

At an altitude of 567 meters above

Tripoli

, and 19 km from Zgharta. An annual celebration, The Feast of Mar Youssef (Saint Joseph), occurs on 19 March.

Local routes to the village: Tripoli - Zgharta - Kfar Hata - Aarjis - Kfar Fou - Karm Seddeh - Sereel - Mazraat En Nahr.

Alternative: Ehden - Sereel - Mazraat En Nahr.

Lodging

Saqiyat al `Abd - 2 km or 2 miles
Saqiet el Abd - 2 km or 2 miles
Mgharet Abou Aali - 4 km or 3 miles
Magharat Abu `Ali - 4 km or 3 miles
Dahr Abou Taiya - 6 km or 4 miles
Dahr Abu Tayyah - 6 km or 4 miles
Ed Doueir - 6 km or 4 miles
Saqiet el Aakre - 2 km or 1 miles
Saqiyat al `Akirah - 2 km or 1 miles
Harf el Aalem - 5 km or 3 miles
Harf al `Alam - 5 km or 3 miles
Al `Aqabah - 2 km or 2 miles
El Aaqabe - 2 km or 2 miles
Qada' `Alayh - 3 km or 2 miles
Al Baruk - 6 km or 4 miles

References

^ "Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. p. 23. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

External links

"Mazraat En Nahr - Mazraat Al Nahr". Mazraatennahr.weebly.com. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
Ehden Family Tree

[1] "Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. p. 23. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[1]

v t e Zgharta District, North Governorate
Capital: Zgharta
Towns and villages	Aarjes Aintourine Aitou Alma Arbet Kozhaya Ardeh Ashashe Aslout Asnoun Basloukit Bchennine Beit Awkar Beit Obeid Besbeel Bhairet Toula Bnachii Bousit Daraya Ehden Ejbeh Fraydiss Haret Al Fawar Harf Ardeh Harf Miziara Hawqa Hilan Houmeiss Iaal Jdaydeh Kadrieh Karahbache Karmsaddeh Kfardlakos Kfarfou Kfarhawra Kfarsghab Kfarshakhna Kfarhata Kfaryachit Kfarzeina Mazraat Al Nahr Mazraat Al Toufah Mazraat Hraikis Mejdlaya Miriata Miziara Sakhra Morh Kfarsghab Rachiine Raskifa Sebhel Sereel Toula Zgharta
Notable landmarks	Kadisha Valley Monastery of Qozhaya Mar Sarkis, Ehden Iaal Fortress
History	History of Kfarsghab Ehden massacre
Notable people	Patriarch Estephan El Douaihy Youssef Bey Karam Suleiman Frangieh René Moawad Anis Bey Moawad Hamid Frangieh Youssef Salim Karam Rvd. Seemaan El Douaihy Nayla Moawad Suleiman Frangieh, Jr. Salim Bey Karam Estephan El Douaihy Tony Frangieh Jawad Boulos Samir Frangieh Youakim Moubarac Marie al-Khazen

Mazraat En Nahr مزرعة النهر
Village
UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	33227
Dialing code	+961
Website	http://mazraatennahr.weebly.com/
Family Names Bakhous Bakhos Bakous Bitar Dib Ghaleb Hawwa Massaad Michael Mouawad Moujalli Nasr Nassif Rawadi Saba Semaan Sleiman Yaacoub Yaghi Younan Zougbi