Bkassine

Bkassine
بكاسين
Bkassin
Municipality
Vista in Bkassine
Vista in Bkassine
Bkassine is located in Lebanon
Bkassine
Bkassine
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°34′01″N 35°34′40″E / 33.56694°N 35.57778°E / 33.56694; 35.57778
CountryLebanon
GovernorateSouth Governorate
DistrictJezzine District
Elevation
3,120 ft (950 m)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Bkassine, Beit Kassin ("village of the disappeared") (Arabic: بكاسين), is a municipality in Lebanon surrounded by the Bkassine Pine Forest.[1][2] The village is near Jezzine.

The village received a National Institute for Heritage award. The village is home to a church where an annual festival celebrating Saint Takla is held.[1] The village includes a square, small souk, and houses adorned with distinctive red tiles.[1]

Former U.S. senator from Maine George Mitchell's mother immigrated from Bkassine.

Demographics

In 2014, Christians made up 97.25% of registered voters in Bkassine. 83.83% of the voters were Maronite Catholics.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Bkassine | Les Plus Beaux Villages du Liban from Ajmal Baldet Lebnen (NGO)".
  2. ^ "5 Things To Do In Bkassine". December 17, 2018 – via Lebanon Traveler.
  3. ^ "التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة بكاسين، قضاء جزين محافظة الجنوب في لبنان". إعْرَفْ لبنان.