Boqsmaiya (), also spelled Boxmaya or Boqsmaiyya, is a village located in the

Batroun District Batroun District () is a district (''qadaa'') located in the North Governorate, Lebanon, south of Tripoli. Its capital is the city of Batroun, which is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Its natural borders are: in t ...

North Governorate North Governorate (, ') is one of the governorates of Lebanon and one of the two governorates of North Lebanon. Its capital is Tripoli, Lebanon, Tripoli. Ramzi Nohra has been its governor since May 2, 2014. The population of North Governorate is ...

. As of 2018, the municipality board president is Simon Kabalan Fares, the vice president is Semaan Khaddah, and the

Mukhtar A mukhtar (; ) is a village chief in the Levant: "an old institution that goes back to the time of the Ottoman rule". According to Amir S. Cheshin, Bill Hutman and Avi Melamed, the mukhtar "for centuries were the central figures". They "were ...

is Joseph Fahim Abi Fadel. The upper boundary of the village is created from the Nahr Al Jaouz river and the town uses the Ghawawit spring for their water. The Saint Simon Amoudi Church, named after St Simeon the Stylite, was built in 1910, with the stones of the Bacchus Temple.

Demographics

In 2014

Christians A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the world. The words '' Christ'' and ''C ...

made up 98.53% of registered voters in Boqsmaiya. 91.42% of the voters were Maronite Catholics.https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/الشمال/البترون/بقسميا/المذاهب/

References

Populated places in Batroun District Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon {{Lebanon-geo-stub