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'''Sawiri''' (spelled Souairi in Google Earth) is a mid-sized town (village) in the eastern part of [[Lebanon]]. It is located on the [[Syria]]n border, in [[Governorates of Lebanon|governorate]] of [[Beqaa Governorate|Beqaa]] in the foothills of the eastern mountains. |
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== Population == |
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Sawiri's population is over 10,000 people with many of its inhabitants having immigrated to the USA, Brazil, Venezuela, Canada and France in the 1900s. |
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== Schools in Sawiri == |
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Until the early 1990's, Sawiri had only two schools (Makased School and Sawiri Official School) educating up to Grade 9. At that time, the Sawiris used to continue their high school education in the neighbour towns of their village and then their university studies in [[Beirut]]. Sawiri noe has three large schools which allow the students to pass the lebanese Brevet Examinations (Grade 9). Sawiri has one high school (Grade 12) which is funded by the Lebanese Ministry of Education. This high school is called: Sawiri Official High School. It started in 2003. |
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== Agriculture in Sawiri == |
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Sawiri is an agriculture and service oriented town. Most people own their land and come from a farming background. Sawiri produces lentils, figs, and Armenian cucumbers (mikthi). However, olive, [[Almond]], [[Nut (fruit)|nut]] and cherry trees have been grown rapidly as well as grape vines of all sorts in the last 3 decades. In the last 15 years, many "Sawiris" started growing up peanuts ([[Sterculia quadrifida]]) trees too. |
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== Sawiri's Neighborhood == |
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Sawiri is very close to [[Anjar]] and [[Baalbek]] where ancient history can be seen in the Roman and Omayad ruins. |
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== References == |
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* Frauberger, Heinrich: ''Die Akropolis von Baalbek'' (Keller : Frankfurt a. M., 1892. - 14, 22 S. : überw. Ill.) ([http://www.ohm-hochschule.de/bib/textarchiv/Frauberger.Akropolis.pdf pdf 24,6 MB]) |
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== External links == |
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*[http://www.ghazi.de/civwar.html Lebanon's History] |
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*[http://www.makassed.org.lb/inquiries.html Makassed Schools] |
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