Kasarnaba () is a town in
Baalbek District,
Baalbek-Hermel Governorate,
Lebanon
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famous for its hilly terrain and traditional agricultural practices.
Geography
The town is located at the shoulder of The Western Lebanese Mountain Range just to the East of Mount Sanine specifically and it overlooks the central parts of
Beqaa Valley
The Beqaa Valley (, ; Bekaa, Biqâ, Becaa) is a fertile valley in eastern Lebanon and its most important farming region. Industry, especially the country's agricultural industry, also flourishes in Beqaa. The region broadly corresponds to th ...
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History
A Roman Temple is found in this town, called "
Castra El Banaat".
In 1838,
Eli Smith noted Kasarnaba's population to be predominantly
Metawileh.
People in Kasarnaba are traditionally farmers famous for growing vineyards and wild rose flowers for rosewater extraction, in addition to many other traditional Horticultural crops some of which are listed below.
In 1994
Mustafa Dirani was abducted by
Israeli forces from his home in Kasarnaba. He was held (without charge) by Israel until 2004.
Traditional Crops
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Grapes
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Cherries
A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus ''Prunus'', and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit).
Commercial cherries are obtained from cultivars of several species, such as the sweet ''Prunus avium'' and the sour ''Prunus cerasus''. The name ...
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Apricots
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Common Fig
The fig is the edible fruit of ''Ficus carica'', a species of tree or shrub in the flowering plant family Moraceae, native to the Mediterranean region, together with western and southern Asia. It has been cultivated since ancient times and is ...
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Rose
A rose is either a woody perennial plant, perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred Rose species, species and Garden roses, tens of thousands of cultivar ...
s (for
Rosewater)
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Tobacco
Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus '' Nicotiana'' of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants. More than 70 species of tobacco are known, but the ...
Landscape
Kasarnaba has many hills creating deep
valley
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s in between including:
- Wadi El Hawr
- Wadi El Debs
- Wadi El Boss
- Wadi Neita
- Wadi ain el Louis
- wadi ain al chaghour
- wadi al zaraet
- wadi al toghra
- wadi malek
References
Bibliography
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External links
Qsarnaba Localiban
{{Baalbek District
Populated places in Baalbek District