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A governorate is an administrative division of a state. It is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either State (administrative division), states or province, provinces, the term ''govern ...
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North Governorate
North Governorate ( ar, الشمال, ') (Lebanese pr. ''eš šmél'') (French: Gouvernorat du Liban-Nord) is one of the governorates of Lebanon. Its capital is Tripoli. Ramzi Nohra has been its governor since May 2, 2014. The population of North ...
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Zgharta District
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Mazraat Al Toufah ( ar, مزرعة التفاح), also spelled Mazraat Et Teffah and Mazraat Et-Teffah, is a village in
Zgharta District, in the
Northern Governorate of
Lebanon. It is from
Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.
The population is primarily
Maronite
The Maronites ( ar, الموارنة; syr, ܡܖ̈ܘܢܝܐ) are a Christian ethnoreligious group native to the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant region of the Middle East, whose members traditionally belong to the Maronite Church, with the larges ...
Christian.
Notable people
*
Salma Hage
Salma Hage (born 8 January 1942) is a Lebanese author and cook. She is the author of the bestselling cookbook ''The Lebanese Kitchen''. Her second book ''The Middle Eastern Vegetarian Cookbook'' won her the James Beard Award in the Vegetable Cook ...
, author and cook
* General Afif Saleh
*
Marwan Khoury, singer.
* Colonel Joseph Ramia, was killed with president
René Moawad.
References
External links
Ehden Family Tree
Populated places in the North Governorate
Zgharta District
Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon
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