Yohmor, Nabatieh
Yohmor
يحمر | |
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Village | |
  Yohmor Location in Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°18′45″N 35°31′3″E / 33.31250°N 35.51750°E | |
| Grid position | 129/152 L |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
Yohmor (Arabic: يحمر) is a village in the Nabatieh Governorate of Lebanon. It is located about 8 km from the town of Nabatieh. Beaufort Castle is located nearby the village.
History
[edit]In the 1596 tax records, it was named as a village, Yuhmur, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Sagif under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 42 households and 5 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25 % on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 4,800 akçe.[1][2]
The village has a population of about 2,000, although the population swells to a much higher number in the summer. The residents are Shia Muslims. Prime agricultural crops include olives and tobacco.
Demographics
[edit]In 2014 Muslims made up 99,59% of registered voters in Yohmor. 98,86% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 186
- ^ Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
- ^ https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/النبطية/يحمر/المذاهب/
Bibliography
[edit]- Hütteroth, W.-D.; Abdulfattah, K. (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
- Rhode, H. (1979). Administration and Population of the Sancak of Safed in the Sixteenth Century (PhD). Columbia University.
External links
[edit]- Yohmor (Nabatiyeh), Localiban
