Boqsmaiya

Boqsmaiya (Arabic: بقسميّا), also spelled Boxmaya or Boqsmaiyya, is a village located in the Batroun District, North Governorate.^[1][2] As of 2018, the municipality board president is Simon Kabalan Fares, the vice president is Semaan Khaddah, and the Mukhtar is Joseph Fahim Abi Fadel.^[3] The upper boundary of the village is created from the Nahr Al Jaouz river and the town uses the Ghawawit spring for their water. The Saint Simon Amoudi Church, named after St Simeon the Stylite, was built in 1910, with the stones of the Bacchus Temple.^[4]

Boqsmaiya بقسميّا
Village
Boqsmaiya Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 34.2511722°N 35.7656352°E / 34.2511722; 35.7656352
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	North Lebanon
District	Batroun
Area
• Total	2.64 km2 (1.02 sq mi)
Elevation	450 m (1,480 ft)
Population
• Total	633
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code	+06 or +03
Website	boxmaya.com

Demographics

In 2014 Christians made up 98.53% of registered voters in Boqsmaiya. 91.42% of the voters were Maronite Catholics.^[5]