Maarakeh


Maarakeh is an ancient village in Tyre District, in Lebanon.

Geography

The Municipality of Maarakeh is located in the Kaza of Tyre one of Mohafazah of South Lebanon kazas. Mohafazah of South Lebanon is one of the eight mohafazats of Lebanon. It is 90 kilometers away from Beyrouth the capital of Lebanon. Its elevation is 270 meters above sea level. Maarakeh surface stretches for 2000 hectares.

Name

wrote that the name Mảrakeh meant "The battle field".

History

In 1596, it was named as a village, al-Ma'raka, in the Ottoman nahiya of Tibnin under the liwa' of Safad, with a population of 119 households and 3 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, fruit trees, cotton, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 13,350 akçe.
In 1875 Victor Guérin found that it had 700 Metawileh inhabitants. He further noted: "Here are uprights and lintels of door with cut stones, apparently ancient; and in a small mosque, built of regular blocks probably taken from an old church, are several fragments of monolithic columns.'"
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing about 400 Metawileh, on flat top of high ground, surrounded by gardens, olives, figs, palms, and arable land. There is a spring and five cisterns."
On 4 March 1985, during the Israeli occupation, an explosion destroyed a building killing local resistance leader, Mohammed Saad.

Educational establishments

Health Institutions

There are no health institution in the municipality.