El Marj municipality

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www.elmarj.com/history.html

The word “El-Marj” is a true Arabic word meaning lush green land.

The El-marj has been there for many, many years. It dates back to 500 years ago, including the time of the Ottoman Empire in the Arab world. There are graves that are dated back to Umayyad period of the 700’s. Some historians say it is back to the time of the Great Khalifas at even an earlier date. Either way, the El-marj is an ancient and established area of the Bekaa Valley.

In 1952, El-marj elected its first town council, on December 7th of that year and the first mayor was Mohammed Harb. The first Mukhtar was Ali Ahmad Chaaban.

El-marj has been an interesting political arena, with many positive and negative events. Of the latter, the one most remembered was in 1963 the election of the town council was delayed because of local politics. It was delayed until 1966, when Mohammed Harb was re-elected, but no town council was elected. In 1998 after 30 years of no council, an election took place. Samir Kassim Jarrah was elected as Mayor, and continues in that position until 2004 a new council has been elected. In 2010, the election was held and a new council has been elected.


Location

The El-marj is situated in the middle of the West Bekka Valley, judicial district of Zahle. It has a very good relationship with the surrounding neighbors in district. You can get to the El-marj in all directions. The town is an open door to all visitors and people just passing through. To the north you will find the town of Bar Elias, and to the south, Houch Al-Harimah, while west of El-marj is Al Rowda (Istabble) and Kab Elias to the west (see map1). The town is approximately 12 square kilometers, with 65 Dunums still owned by the town.

The town is situated about 876m above sea level and is located 51km from Beirut, Lebanon’s capital. It is also 12km from the major city of Zahle, and 18km from Jib Janine the province’s capital.

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