An-Najjariyah

An-Najjariyah النجارية
Municipality
An-Najjariyah Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°28′24″N 35°20′55″E
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	South Governorate
District	Sidon District
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

An-Najjariyah (Arabic: النجارية) is a municipality in the Sidon District in the governorate of South Lebanon, the Republic Of Lebanon. A small part of the Zahrani River passes through South Lebanon also passes through the north part of Al-Najjariyeh. The southern village contains two mosques that each follow a different Islamic Madhab (العربية: مذهب), which are Sunnism and Shiism.

History

In 1875, in the late Ottoman era, Victor Guérin described it: "Nedjarieh [...] is a fairly considerable farm, worked by Maronites and "schismatic Greeks", and which has replaced an ancient agricultural establishment, as is proved by cisterns and presses hewn in the rock. Fig, olive and mulberry trees surround it. . In the 1800’s during the ottoman’s rule in Lebanon, Al-Najjariyeh was controlled by an Arab Lebanese farmer from the rural parts of Southern Lebanon whose name went by, Hussein Tarraf Tarraf Al-Assaf. Historically, it was told by the elders of Al-Najjariyeh that the village had a larger mass in size but then was later sold by newer mayors over the years from the Al-Tarraf family (العربية: آل طراف).

Demographics

In 2014, Muslims made up 95.61% of registered voters in An-Najjariyah. 63.06% of the voters were Shiite Muslims and 32.56% were Sunni Muslims. In the western side of the village, most residents are Arab Lebanese bedouin sunnis, while the eastern are has a significant amount of Southern Lebanese Shiites.

Bibliography

• Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.

External links and Resources

• Najjariyeh (archive.org), Localiban