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Kfar Jarra
Village in the Jezzine District of southern Lebanon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kfar Jarra (Arabic: كفرجرة) is a municipality in the Jezzine District of the South Governorate of Lebanon, about 50 km south of Beirut.[1]
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Etymology
The name of the village is believed to mean 'spring village' in Syriac.[2]
History
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Kefr Jerra, as a village located in "Aklim et-Tuffah, adjacent to Seida".[3]
In 1875, Victor Guérin travelled in the area, and noted: "I arrive at Kefr Djerra, a village of about twenty Maronite families, on a hill whose slopes are occupied by orchards. Several ancient cisterns dug into the rock and some of the materials that were used to build the church, which I am told is one hundred and forty years old, prove that this village succeeded another older one."[4]
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Demographics
In 2014, Christians made up 99.19% of registered voters in Kfar Jarra. 90.03% of the voters were Maronite Catholics.[5]
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