Baawerta (), also called Baawerti or Baaouerta is a Lebanese village located on

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in the

Aley district Aley () is a district (''qadaa'') in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, to the south-east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The capital is Aley. Aley city was previously known as the "bride of the summers" during the 1960 and 1970s, when Aley and neighbor ...

. It neighbors the city of Damour and the villages of Abey and Daqqoun. At an elevation of approximately , it overlooks

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. Cities close to Baawerta also include

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, and

Aley Aley () is a major city in Lebanon. It is the capital of the Aley District and fourth largest city in Lebanon. The city is located on Mount Lebanon, 15km uphill from Beirut on the freeway to Damascus. Aley has the nickname "Bride of the Summ ...

. Baawerta contains a cable factory, a granite factory and many living compounds including the Nova Brasilia compound.

History

In 1838,

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noted the place, called ''Ba'wirtheh'', located in ''Aklim es-Sahhar'', between ''el-Ghurb'' and ''el-Jurd''. In 2010, Baawerta suffered from a forest fire that burned extensive parts of its surrounding forest. Baawerta is a few kilometers away from the Naameh

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, which has caused a number of problems within the village. Consequently, the Parliament enacted a law to financially support the municipalities surrounding the landfill, of which Baawerta is included. Baawerta had a group of people who initiated a revolution against the political decision of

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and other powerful politicians known to be benefiting from Nahmeh landfill and succeeded to attract people from all over Lebanon. They succeeded in blocking - for more than 30 days - the entrance to the landfill with their bodies. As a result, in January 2017, the Landfill was completely closed permanently. The significance of that move by the people of Baawerta was that it paved the way to many anti-corruption strikes that spread all over Lebanon since then. Those strikes lead to the brightest image on the 17th of October 2019 revolution against the whole regime.State supports municipalities near landfills
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Localiban Populated places in Aley District {{lebanon-geo-stub