Hsarat (Arabic: حصارات) (also spelled Hisarat, Hasrat, Hsarate, Ḩaşrāt, Hsârâte, Hsarale or Ḩişārāt) is a village in the Byblos District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics. Between the 1850s and 1920s, nearly a 1000 people left Hsarat in boats and ships and emigrated to Italy, France, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Venezuela[1] The settlement had 989 registered voters as of 2017.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (PDF). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  2. ^ "Hsarat". Libandata. 22 July 2019. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2024.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hsarat
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