Official Name: | Marj |
Native Name: | مرج (البقاع الغربي) |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lebanon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Lebanon |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Beqaa Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Western Beqaa |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 33.7639°N 35.8833°W |
Elevation M: | 810 |
Marj (Arabic: مرج (البقاع الغربي)), is a village located in the Western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon. Al Marj’s population is approximately 25,000 Lebanese and also have approximately 20,000 Syrians. Al Marj is known for the biggest manufacturer of furniture in western bekaa, and also for its beautiful green fields. It is a very central town near Zahlé and nearer to Beirut about 50 km away.(مرج الضفادع)
In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as el-Merj; a Sunni Muslim, Maronite and Catholic village in the Beqaa Valley.[1]