Harouf
Municipality in Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon
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Harouf (Arabic: حاروف) is a municipality in the Nabatieh Governorate region of southern Lebanon and is located north of the Litani River. The village is economically important due to the presence of a famous industrial area in it known as "Marj Harouf".
Harouf
حاروف | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Harouf Location in Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°22′20″N 35°26′40″E | |
| Grid position | 122/160 L |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
| District | Nabatieh District |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
History
In the 1596 tax records, it was named as a village in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Sagif under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 12 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 2,459 akçe.[1][2]
In 1875, Victor Guérin found Harouf to be a village of about 140 Metualis. He further noted several sarcophagi, convincing him that it was an ancient place.[3]
Demographics
In 2014, Muslims made up 99.58% of registered voters in Harouf. 98.51% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[4]