Kfar Jarra Explained

Official Name:Kfar Jarra
Native Name:كفر جرة
Pushpin Map:Lebanon
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Lebanon
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:South Governorate
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Jezzine District
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:1.07
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:+3
Coordinates:33.5481°N 35.4339°W
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:290

Kfar Jarra, (Arabic: كفر جرة) is a small village in the Jezzine District of the South Governorate of Lebanon, about 50 km south of Beirut.[1]

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Kefr Jerra, as a village located in "Aklim et-Tuffah, adjacent to Seida".[2]

In 1875, Victor Guérin travelled in the area, and noted: "I arrive at Kefr Djerra, a village of about twenty Maronite families, on a hill whose slopes are occupied by orchards. Several ancient cisterns dug into the rock and some of the materials that were used to build the church, which I am told is one hundred and forty years old, prove that this village succeeded another older one."[3]

Bibliography

. Victor Guérin. Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. 1880. L'Imprimerie Nationale. Paris. French.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.localiban.org/kfar-jarra-429 Kfar Jarra
  2. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 187
  3. Guérin, 1880, p. 510-511: "A une heure, je me remets en marche vers l'ouest, et à une heure vingt minutes, j'arrive à Kefr Djerra, village d'une vingtaine de familles maronites, sur une colline dont les pentes sont occupées par des vergers. Plusieurs citernes antiques creusées dans le roc et une partie des matériaux qui ont servi à bâtir l'église, laquelle a, me dit-on, cent quarante ans de date, prouvent que ce village a succédé à un autre plus ancien"