Bouarij
Place in Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon
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Bouarej (Arabic: بوارج, romanized: Bwārij, also spelled Bouarij, Bouârej, Buariji or Bwareg) is a village located on the eastern side of the Church Mountain, Beqaa.
Bouarej
بوارج | |
|---|---|
  Bouarej Location in Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°48′45″N 35°49′20″E | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Beqaa Governorate |
| District | Zahle District |
| Elevation | 4,300 ft (1,310 m) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 3,250 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
Population
Bouarij has 1,274 registered voters in the 2009 elections. The population follow Sunni Islam.[1] 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.