Sohmor

{{Infobox settlement <!--See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields that may be available--> <!-- Basic info ---------------->| official_name = Sohmor | other_name = | native_name = سحمر <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English -->| nickname = | settlement_type = Town | motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | blank_emblem_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map = Lebanon <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Lebanon <!-- Location ------------------>| subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{Flag|Lebanon}} | subdivision_type1 = Governorate | subdivision_name1 = Beqaa Governorate | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Western Beqaa District | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = <!-- Politics -----------------> | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | established_title = <!-- Settled --> | established_date = | established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> | established_date2 = | established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> | established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Imperial <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Population -----------------------> | population_as_of = | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = Ethnicities | population_blank1 = | population_blank2_title = Religions | population_blank2 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> | timezone = | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|33|31|7|N|35|41|8|E|region:LB|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = 830 <!--for references: use<ref> </ref> tags--> | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = }} '''Sohmor''' ({{langx|apc|سحمر|Soḥmor}}) 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.<ref>[http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webeco/Qaraoun/page3.html /staff.aub.edu.lb]</ref> 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 inhabited by Metawileh.<ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/141/mode/1up 141]</ref> It is a Shiite village.<ref>{{Cite web |title=التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة سحمر، قضاء البقاع الغربي محافظة البقاع في لبنان |url=https://lub--anan-com.translate.goog/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B9/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A/%D8%B3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%B1/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B0%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A8/?_x_tr_sl=ar&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=إعْرَفْ لبنان |language=en}}</ref>

It was the site of the 1984 Sohmor massacre committed by Druze members of the South Lebanon Army, backed by the Israel Defense Forces.<ref name="Keesing's contemporary archives">{{cite book|title=Keesing's contemporary archives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YiwMAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=23 April 2011|year=1985|publisher=Keesing's Limited.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=15 LEBANESEDRUSE HELD IN REVENGE KILLINGS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/22/world/15-lebanesedruse-held-in-revenge-killings.html |accessdate=27 May 2020 |agency=AP |work=New York Times |date=22 Sep 1984}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|author-link1=Edward Robinson (scholar)|last2=Smith|first2=E.|author-link2=Eli Smith|year=1841|url=https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838| location=Boston|publisher=Crocker & Brewster|volume=3}} {{refend}}

==External links== *[http://www.localiban.org/article4611.html Sohmor], Localiban *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJx-ZvttJMA Video] {{Western Beqaa District}}

Category:Populated places in Western Beqaa District

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