Btouratige (), also spelled Btoutarij, is a village in
Koura District
Koura District (, from ) is a district in the North Governorate, Lebanon.
Koura is one of the 26 districts of Lebanon, particularly known for its olive tree cultivation and olive oil production. It comprises a total of 52 villages, and its ca ...
of
Lebanon
Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...
. In 1953, Btouratige had a population of 289 living in 32 households.
It was the residence of the murdered Lebanese security official
Wissam al-Hassan
Wissam Adnan al-Hassan (; 11 April 1965 – 19 October 2012) was a brigadier general at the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) and the head of its intelligence-oriented Information Branch. Seen as a leading Sunni figure in Lebanon, ...
.
Demographics
In 2014,
Muslims
Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...
made up 99.28% of registered voters in Btouratige. 98.21% of the voters were
Sunni Muslims
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr () rightfully succeeded him as the caliph of the Musli ...
.
[https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/الشمال/الكورة/بتوراتيج/المذاهب/]
References
External links
Btouratij Localiban
Populated places in Koura District
Sunni Muslim communities in Lebanon
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