Miziara
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Miziara مزيارة |
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 Miziara
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| Coordinates: 34°19′58″N 35°55′49″E / 34.33278°N 35.93028°ECoordinates: 34°19′58″N 35°55′49″E / 34.33278°N 35.93028°E | |
| Country |
 Lebanon
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| Governorate | North Governorate |
| District | Zgharta District |
| Elevation | 800 m (2,600 ft) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
Miziara (known also as Meziara, Arabic: مزيارة) is a village located in the Zgharta District in the North Governorate of Lebanon. The village is home to Our Lady of Miziara, Mother of Mercies, St Elias Shrines And to Hotel Miziara the village's first hotel.
The populated area called Miziara is formed of four villages: Miziara, Harf Miziara, Houmeis and Sakhra.
Miziara: Miziara sits on a hilltop at 800 m above sea level, overlooking Morh Kfarsghab, Jdeideh, Zgharta, Tripoli and the Mediterranean Sea. The road that leads to it goes through Zgharta, Kfarhata, Iaal and then to Miziara. The water source is from Ain El Moutran coming through Bhairet Toula, a nearby village.
Harf Miziara and Houmeis: The road that leads to those two villages goes through Miziara.
Sakhra: Administratively, this village does not exist. The inhabitants are from Miziara, and the road that leads to it goes through Zgharta – Kfarhata – El Khaldiyeh - Sakhra. It rises 300 meters above sea level. The distance from Zgharta is 5 kilometers. Its patron Saint is Saint Maroun, whose feast is on February 9. The water source is Ain Al Jadideh (the New Spring).
Miziara, Houmeis and Harf Miziara combined together, form an important populated area.
For Miziara, the population is around 4,250. If we include the inhabitants of Harf Miziara and Houmeis, the population becomes nearly 6,000.
The number of households is 567 in Miziara, 151 in Harf Miziara, 51 in Sakhra and 56 in Houmeis.
There is a popular tradition about the meaning of the name of Miziara:
There was a beautiful legendary forest. People visited it like we visit ruins and shrines nowadays. A rocky cave in the forest was turned into a niche in the name of Virgin Mary; candles and oil lanterns were always lit. If by chance along the way you met an acquaintance coming from the forest and asked him, where were you? The answer would surely be Min Al Ziara, meaning from the visit to Virgin Mary’s forest. But like all native accents, changing a vocabulary, letters flying into thin air, it became known as Miziara.
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