| Official Name: | Marj |
| Native Name: | مرج (البقاع الغربي) |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lebanon |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Lebanon |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Beqaa Governorate |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Western Beqaa |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | the Population of Al Marj is approximately 25,000 with many of its inhabitants having immigrated to the United States, Brazil, Canada, and Germany. The major surnames or families in Al Marj are Saleh, Jarrah, Zaarour, Darwish(Darwich), Harb, Shmoury, Bu Othman, Shaheen, Outa, Hamdanieh, Houweri or Hawari, Ibrahim, Zein Eldeen, Sayed and a lot more smaller families. |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 33.7639°N 35.8833°W |
| Elevation M: | 810 |
Marj (ar|مرج (البقاع الغربي)), is a village located in the Western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon. Al Marj’s population is approximately 25,000 Lebanese. Al Marj is known for the biggest manufacturer of furniture in western bekaa, for having one of the biggest souks in the bekaa, and for its beautiful green fields. It is a very central town near Zahlé and nearer to Beirut about 50 km away.(مرج الضفادع)
Al Marj’s population is approximately 25,000 with many of its inhabitants having immigrated to the United States, Canada, Brazil, Columbia, and Germany. The major surnames or families in Al Marj are Saleh, Jarrah, Zaarour, Darwich, Harb, Shmoury, Abo Othman, Ghazi, Hamdanieh, Shaheen, Zein Eldeen, Shamaly, Outa, Howari, Ibrahim, Sayed, Hassna, Al Khatib, Kanaan, Zeina, Zahlani, Jaji, Dahrouj, khaldieh, Nassabeih, Elkak, Chaaban, Baalbaki, Al Rassoul.etc
In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as el-Merj; a Sunni Muslim, Maronite and Catholic village in the Beqaa Valley.[1]