Sohmor
سحمر
Town
Sohmor is located in Lebanon
Sohmor
Sohmor
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°31′7″N 35°41′8″E / 33.51861°N 35.68556°E / 33.51861; 35.68556
Country Lebanon
GovernorateBeqaa Governorate
DistrictWestern Beqaa District

Sohmor (Arabic: سحمر) is a small town in the Beka'a Valley of Lebanon, situated in the Western Beqaa District and south of the Beqaa Governorate. It lies south of Lake Qaraoun on the Litani River.[1] It lies southwest of Machgara, northeast of Ain Et Tine, north of Yohmor, west of Mazret Al Chmis and northwest of Libbaya.

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Sahmur as a village on the West side of the Beqaa Valley, north of Yohmor.[2]

It was the site of the 1984 Sohmor massacre[3][4] and the 1996 Sohmor massacre.

References

  1. ↑ /staff.aub.edu.lb
  2. ↑ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 141
  3. ↑ Keesing's contemporary archives. Keesing's Limited. 1985. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "15 LEBANESEDRUSE HELD IN REVENGE KILLINGS". New York Times. AP. 22 Sep 1984. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

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