Qaaqaait al-Jisr explained

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.

History

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]

Demographics

In 2014 Muslims made up 99.23% of registered voters in Qaaqaait al-Jisr. 98.18% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 184
  2. Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
  3. Web site: التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة قاقعية الجسر، قضاء النبطية محافظة النبطية في لبنان .