Zefta (زفتا) is a village in Nabatieh District, southern Lebanon.
Zefta
زفتا | |
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Village | |
 Women of Zefta, 1960 | |
  Zefta Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°26′54.0″N 35°23′53.5″E / 33.448333°N 35.398194°E | |
| Grid position | 118/167 L |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
| District | Nabatieh District |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
History
editIn 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
editIn 2014 Muslims made up 99,62% of registered voters in Zefta. 97,26% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[4]
References
editBibliography
edit- 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.
External links
edit- Zefta, Localiban