Hawqa
Hawqa
حوقا | |
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Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 34°16′20″N 35°56′30″E / 34.27222°N 35.94167°E | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | North Governorate |
| District | Zgharta District |
| Elevation | 1,300 m (4,300 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
Hawqa (also known as Haouqa, Hauqqa, or Hawka, Arabic: حوقا) is a village in the Zgharta District in the North Governorate of Lebanon. It is in the valley of Qozhaya, the northern branch of the Valley of Qadisha.
According to electoral data attributed to the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities, Mazraat Hawqa had 448 registered voters in 2014, of which 232 were male and 216 were female.[1]
The monastery of Saydet Hawqa (Our Lady of Hauqqa)[2] was founded by villagers from Hawqa in the 13th century and it became a seminary in the 17th century.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "معلومات عن بلدة مزرعة حوقا" [Information about Mazraat Hawqa]. Lub-anan (in Arabic). Retrieved 12 November 2026.
- ↑ "Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 12 November 2026.
- ↑ Farchakh, Joanne (23 October 1999). "Monastères du Liban - Saydet Hawqa au-dessus de la vallée de la Qadisha: Première école ecclésiastique du Moyen-Orient" [Monasteries of Lebanon – Saydet Hawqa, overlooking the Qadisha Valley: The first ecclesiastical school in the Middle East]. L'Orient-Le Jour (in French). Retrieved 12 November 2026.
- ↑ Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of Cedars of God (PDF) (Report). ICOMOS. October 1998. Retrieved 12 November 2026.
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