Official Name: | Bouarej |
Native Name: | بوارج |
Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lebanon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Beqaa Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Zahle District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 3,250 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 33.8125°N 35.8222°W |
Elevation M: | 1310 |
Bouarej (also spelled Bouarij, Bouârej, Buariji or Bwareg) is a village located on the eastern side of the Church Mountain, Beqaa.
Bouarij has 1,274 registered voters in the 2009 elections. The population follow Sunni Islam.[1] In the municipal Lebanese elections of 2004, Bouarej counted 1,905 registered voters of which 1,141 voted. For the past 150 years, the village has been populated by four main families: Chahine, Jabr, Jaber and AlBast.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.32106000420825&view=1up&seq=13&skin=mobile Buarij: Portrait Of A Lebanese Muslim Village : Fuller, Anne H: