Miniara

Miniara (Arabic: منياره) (also transliterated Minyara) is a village in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon, 9 kilometers east of the Mediterranean Sea, and 3 kilometers south of Halba. The population is between 7,000 and 10,000.

Miniara
منياره
Village
Miniara
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 34°31′57″N 36°03′38.76″E
Country Lebanon
GovernorateAkkar Governorate
DistrictAkkar District
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted the village (named Menyarah), whose inhabitants were Greek Orthodox, located west of esh-Sheikh Mohammed.[1]

In 1856 it was named Menyarah on Kiepert's map of Palestine/Lebanon published that year,[2]

Miniara is the birthplace of Ibrahim Beik El-Sarraf, the first member of the Lebanese parliament to represent the Christian seat of Akkar for 2 terms when Lebanon was still a French Mandate, and his younger brother "Afandi" Zeki EL Sarraf the first mayor in the municipality of Akkar in his village Miniara. Dr Yacoub El Sarraf--son of Ibrahim El Sarraf and a generous doctor who treated poor people free of charge and conducted many public services--was elected the Minister of Health in Lebanon. The current mayor of the village of Miniara is Toni Naim Aboud since 1998.

Demographics

The population is religiously diverse. A Christian village but of several different denominations with a majority of Greek Orthodox and including Melkite Greek Catholic, Maronite Catholic, and Evangelical.[3]

Education

The majority of Miniara's teenage population is either in high school or has completed high school.

Miniara has both private and public schools.

Private Schools
  • Saint Joseph's High School
  • Saint Joseph's Elementary School
  • Ecole Nationale Orthodoxe (E.N.O)
  • Modern School

Public Schools
  • Miniara Female Public School
  • Miniara Public High School
  • Miniara Boys Public School

References
  1. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 183
  2. Kiepert, 1856, Map of Northern Palestine/Lebanon
  3. "Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. p. 21. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Bibliography

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.