Qraiyeh

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Qraiyeh (Arabic: القرية) is a municipality in the Sidon District of the South Governorate in Lebanon.

History

In 1875 Victor Guérin described the village: "I went up to Krayeh, a village of 350 inhabitants, most of them Maronites. Beautiful plantations of fig and mulberry trees cover the slopes of the hill on the top of which it is situated."[1]

Demographics

In 2014, Christians made up 99.49% of registered voters in Qraiyeh. 76.12% of the voters were Maronite Catholics and 19.91% Greek Catholics.[2]

References

  1. 1.Guérin, 1880, p. 514
  2. 2."التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة القرية، قضاء صيدا (قرى) محافظة الجنوب في لبنان". إعْرَفْ لبنان.