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Zefta, Nabatieh

Coordinates: 33°26′54.0″N 35°23′53.5″E / 33.448333°N 35.398194°E / 33.448333; 35.398194
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Zefta
زفتا
Municipality
Women of Zefta, 1960
Women of Zefta, 1960
Map showing the location of Mayfadoun within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Mayfadoun within Lebanon
Zefta
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°26′54.0″N 35°23′53.5″E / 33.448333°N 35.398194°E / 33.448333; 35.398194
Grid position118/167 L
CountryLebanon
GovernorateNabatieh Governorate
DistrictNabatieh District
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

Zefta (زفتا) is a municipality in Nabatieh District, southern Lebanon.

History

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In the 1596 tax records, it was named as a village, Zafta, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Sagif under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 17 households and 4 bachelors, 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 1,740 akçe.[1][2]

In 1875, Victor Guérin found here a village with 200 Metuali inhabitants.[3]

Demographics

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In 2014 Muslims made up 99.62% of registered voters in Zefta. 97.26% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 186
  2. ^ Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
  3. ^ Guérin, 1880, p. 517
  4. ^ https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/النبطية/زفتا/المذاهب/

Bibliography

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  • Hütteroth, W.-D.; Abdulfattah, K. (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
  • Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
  • Rhode, H. (1979). Administration and Population of the Sancak of Safed in the Sixteenth Century (PhD). Columbia University.
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