Zawtar al-Gharbiyah
Municipality in Nabatieh Governorate
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Zawtar al-Gharbiyah (Arabic: زوطر الغربية, romanized: Zawṭar al-Gharbiyah, lit. 'Western Zawtar') is a municipality in the Nabatieh District in Lebanon, paired with Zawtar al-Sharqiyah (Eastern Zawtar).
Zawtar al-Gharbiyah
زوطر الغربية | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Zawtar al-Gharbiyah Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°19′20″N 35°27′45″E | |
| Grid position | 125/154 L |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
| District | Nabatieh District |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
History
In the 1596 tax records, it was named as a village, Sarqiyya, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Sagif under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 24 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 1,240 akçe.[1][2]
Demographics
In 2014, Muslims made up 99.47% of registered voters in Zawtar al-Gharbiyah. 98.78% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[3]