Official Name: | Qaaqaait al-Jisr |
Native Name: | قعقعية الجسر |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lebanon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Nabatieh Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Nabatieh District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 33.3256°N 35.4181°W |
Grid Position: | 120/154 L |
Qaaqaait al-Jisr (ar|قعقعية الجسر) is a municipality in the Nabatieh District in southern Lebanon.
In the 1596 tax records, it was named as a village, Qa'qayit an-Nahr, 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]
In 2014 Muslims made up 99.23% of registered voters in Qaaqaait al-Jisr. 98.18% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[3]