Kfar Jarra

Kfar Jarra, (Arabic: كفر جرة) is a small village in the Jezzine District of the South Governorate of Lebanon, about 50 km south of Beirut.[1]

Kfar Jarra
كفر جرة
Kfar Jarra is located in Lebanon
Kfar Jarra
Kfar Jarra
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°32′53″N 35°26′02″E
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth Governorate
DistrictJezzine District
Area
[1]
 • Total0.41 sq mi (1.07 km2)
Elevation
[1]
950 ft (290 m)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Kefr Jerra, as a village located in "Aklim et-Tuffah, adjacent to Seida".[2]

In 1875, Victor Guérin travelled in the area, and noted: "I arrive at Kefr Djerra, a village of about twenty Maronite families, on a hill whose slopes are occupied by orchards. Several ancient cisterns dug into the rock and some of the materials that were used to build the church, which I am told is one hundred and forty years old, prove that this village succeeded another older one."[3]

References
  1. Kfar Jarra, localiban
  2. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 187
  3. Guérin, 1880, p. 510-511: "A une heure, je me remets en marche vers l'ouest, et à une heure vingt minutes, j'arrive à Kefr Djerra, village d'une vingtaine de familles maronites, sur une colline dont les pentes sont occupées par des vergers. Plusieurs citernes antiques creusées dans le roc et une partie des matériaux qui ont servi à bâtir l'église, laquelle a, me dit-on, cent quarante ans de date, prouvent que ce village a succédé à un autre plus ancien"

Bibliography
  • Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
  • Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
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