Qaaqaait al-Jisr
Municipality in Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon
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Qaaqaait al-Jisr (Arabic: قعقعية الجسر, romanized: Qaʿqaʿiyyat al-Jisr) is a municipality in the Nabatieh District in southern Lebanon.
Qaaqaait al-Jisr
قعقعية الجسر | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Qaaqaait al-Jisr Location in Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°19′32″N 35°25′5″E | |
| Grid position | 120/154 L |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
| District | Nabatieh District |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
History
In the 1596 tax records, named Qa'qayit an-Nahr, it was a village in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Sagif under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 40 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" and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 3,695 akçe.[1][2]
Demographics
In 2014 Muslims made up 99.23% of registered voters in Qaaqaait al-Jisr. 98.18% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[3]