Official Name: | Khiara |
Native Name: | الخياره |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lebanon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Beqaa Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Western Beqaa District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 33.6889°N 35.8481°W |
Elevation M: | 870 |
Khiara (Arabic: الخياره), is a local authority located in the Western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.
In 1838, Eli Smith noted el-Khiyarah's population as being Sunni Muslim.[1]