Qaaqaait al-Jisr

Qaaqaait al-Jisr is a municipality in the Nabatieh District in southern Lebanon.

History

In the 1596 tax records, named Qa'qayit an-Nahr, it was a village in the Ottoman nahiya of Sagif under the liwa' of Safad, with a population of 40 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25 % on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 3,695 akçe.

Demographics

In 2014 Muslims made up 99.23% of registered voters in Qaaqaait al-Jisr. 98.18% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.