Sawiri
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Sawiri or Souiri or Sawairy or es-Sawairi (الصويري) is a town in the eastern part of Lebanon.
It is located in the West Bekaa District near the Syrian border, in the governorate of Beqaa in the foothills of the eastern mountains.
Al-Masnaa (المصنع) is the main check point between the Lebanese & Syrian Borders and it is located in the territory of Sawiri.[1]
History
In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as Al Sawirah,الصويرة; village in West Beqaa at the Beqaa Valley.[2]
Population
Sawirah's population is over 20,000 people with many of its inhabitants having immigrated to the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Canada and France in the 1900s. The major surnames or families in Sawirah are Janbein, Amer, Berro, Balhis, El Smaily, Youssef, Abdel Razzak, Zeitoun, Shouman, Abou Nemry, Taleb, Shalaby, Abou Arab, Chebli, Tahan, Salha, Abdallah, Zrara, Almoghabbat and Saleh.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Schools in Sawiri
Sawiri has several schools (Makased, now Rawafid) Public schools for Middle and elementary education and a private school owned and managed by Youssef Ali Smaili called New High School
Agriculture in Sawiri
Sawiri is an agriculture and service-oriented town. Most people own their land and come from a farming background. Sawiri produces lentils, figs, and Armenian cucumbers (mikthi). However, olive, Almond, nut and cherry trees have been grown rapidly as well as grape vines of all sorts in the last 3 decades. In the late 1990s, many "Sawiris" started growing peanut trees (Sterculia quadrifida) too.[3]
Sawiri's borders
Sawiri extends from Beirut Damascus Highway at Masnaa border station to Manara town to the south and From the west, it borders Dakwee (Thakwee) mountains to the east all the way to Syrian Border through rugged heights. It is opposite the Tell Ain el Meten, a Heavy Neolithic archaeological site that was once used by the Qaraoun culture during the deforestation of Lebanon in prehistory. Some of the flints found at the site possibly date back to the Middle Paleolithic with other evidence of pottery from the Early Bronze Age and Middle Bronze Age.[1]
by Mohamad Balhis
Bibliography
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- Frauberger, Heinrich: Die Akropolis von Baalbek (Keller : Frankfurt a. M., 1892. - 14, 22 S. : überw. Ill.) (pdf 24,6 MB)
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External links
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