Boqsmaiya Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Boqsmaiya Drupal . 2023-03-14 . www.libandata.org.
  2. Web site: 2019-09-25 . Boxmaya . 2023-03-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190925232820/http://www.boxmaya.com:80/ . 2019-09-25 .
  3. Web site: 2018-08-20 . Town Government . 2023-03-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180820043124/http://boxmaya.com/tiki-index.php?page=Town+Government . 2018-08-20 .
  4. Web site: Batroun Villages . 2023-03-14 . www.batrouniyat.org.