Boqsmaiya | |
Native Name: | بقسميّا |
Native Name Lang: | ara |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map showing the location of Boqsmaiya within Lebanon |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Lebanon |
Coordinates: | 34.2512°N 35.7656°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | North Lebanon |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Batroun |
Area Total Km2: | 2.64 |
Elevation M: | 450 |
Population Total: | 633 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | EET |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +3 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | +06 or +03 |
Boqsmaiya (Arabic: بقسميّا ), Boxmaya or Boqsmaiyya is a village located in the Batroun District, North Governorate.[1] [2] As of 2018, the municipality board president is Simon Kabalan Fares, the vice president is Semaan Khaddah, and the Mukhtar is Joseph Fahim Abi Fadel.[3] The upper boundary of the village is created from the Nahr Al Jaouz river and the town uses the Ghawawit spring for their water. The Saint Simon Amoudi Church, named after St Simeon the Stylite, was built in 1910, with the stones of the Bacchus Temple.[4]