Qaqaaiyet As-Snoubar
Qaqaaiyet as-Snoubar (Arabic: قاقعية الصنوبر, also spelled Qaqaaiyat as-Sanawbar, Kakaiyat Sanawbar, or Kaakayat Al Sanawbar) is a municipality in Sidon District, South Governorate, Lebanon. It is located southeast of Sidon, and is considered an "extension" of the villages of Jabal Amel. The population is of about 3,000 inhabitants.
Name
Qaaqaaiyet (Arabic: قاقعية) derives from Muhammad bin Hassan Al-Qaiq (Arabic: حمد بن حسن القعيق), while El Snoubar (Arabic: الصنوبر) is Arabic for "the pine", a common tree in the village, which is harvested for its pine nuts.
Demographics
In 2014, Muslims made up 99.82% of registered voters in Qaqaaiyet as-Snoubar. 99.02% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.
Notable People
The village contains the locally revered tomb of Sheikh Muhammad bin Hassan Al-Qa’iq.
Abbas Assi, a Lebanese international footballer, was born in Qaqaaiyet as-Snoubar.
References
- ^ "موقع بلدية قاقعية الصنوبر". www.sanoubar.com. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ Rashid, كتبه: Lina (8 September 2020). "قاقعية الصنوبر". الآمال الإخبارية (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "القائمة الرئيسية :: قاقعية الصنوبر - لمحة عن البلدة - موقع بلدية قاقعية الصنوبر". www.sanoubar.com. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة قاقعية الصنوبر، قضاء صيدا (قرى) محافظة الجنوب في لبنان". إعْرَفْ لبنان.
- ^ "Abbas Assi". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
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