Machghara ( ar, مشغرة), also spelled Mashghara, is a town in the Beqaa Valley of

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

, situated in the

Western Beqaa District Western Beqaa District ( ar, قضاء البقاع الغربي) is an administrative district in the Beqaa Governorate of the Republic of Lebanon. The capital is Joub Jannine which has a population of 12,000. Main cities and towns West Beqaa h ...

and south of the

Beqaa Governorate Beqaa ( ') is a governorate in Lebanon. Districts Since 2014, Beqaa Governorate contains three districts: * West Beqaa * Rashaya * Zahle A law was passed in 2003 to separate Baalbek District and Hermel District from Beqaa Governorate to form a ...

. It lies just to the northwest of Sohmor and southwest of

Lake Qaraoun Lake Qaraoun ( ar, بحيرة القرعون / ALA-LC: ''Buḥayrat al-Qara‘ūn'') is an artificial lake or reservoir located in the southern region of the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. It was created near Qaraoun village in 1959 by building a concrete ...

, south of Aitanit and north of Ain Et Tine. The Iskander Spring lies to the northeast of the village.

Geography

The city is located at an average of 1,050 meters above sea level, more than 200 meters above the course of the

Litani River The Litani River ( ar, نهر الليطاني, Nahr al-Līṭānī), the classical Leontes ( grc-gre, Λέοντες, Léontes, lions), is an important water resource in southern Lebanon. The river rises in the fertile Beqaa Valley, west of B ...

. It leans against the eastern slope of the Mount Lebanon massif. Machghara is part of the

Caza which has 18 localities.

People from Machghara

* Al-Hurr al-Amili (1624 – 1693) *

Zaki Nassif Zaki Nassif ( ar, زكي ناصيف; 4 July 1918 – 10 March 2004) was a Lebanese music composer and singer. He was influential among the first generation of composers for the mass audience for music on radio in Lebanon in the 1940s and 1950s, ...

(1918 – 2004) *

Salim Ghazal Salim Gazal (July 7, 1931 – April 29, 2011) was a bishop in the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. He was the auxiliary bishop of the Patriarchate of Antioch from 2001 to 2005. Biography Gazal was born in Machgara, Lebanon. He was ordained a pri ...

(1931 – 2011)

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