Territorial administration of Lebanon | Lebanon | Beqaa Governorate | West Beqaa District
Haouch El Harimeh (حوش الحريمة) is a Lebanese local authority which is located in West Beqaa District (Qada'a), an administrative division of Beqaa Governorate (Mohafazah).
The municipality is member of Federation of Sahel Municipalities.
Location
Distance from Beirut | Altitude (meters) | Surface (ha) |
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55 | 860 | 575 |
Municipality address
Sources : Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform (OMSAR)Phone Number | Fax Number | Web sites | |
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08/ 640 196 | 08/ 640 196 |
Données électorales
Sources : Ministry of Interior and Municipalities (Republic of Lebanon)Registered voters | Effectifs du conseil municipal | Effectifs moukhtar |
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Registered voters | Effectifs du conseil municipal | Effectifs moukhtar |
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Revenue of Independent Municipal Fund
Sources : Official Journal (Lebanese Republic)Year | Revenues (Thousands Lebanese Pound) |
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2014 | 281 228 |
2013 | 263 878 |
2012 | 265 537 |
Education
Sources : Central Administration of Statistics (Lebanese Presidency of the Council of Ministers) - Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform (OMSAR)Educational establishments (2006) | Public | Private | Students schooled in the public schools | Students schooled in the private schools |
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1 | 1 | - | 384 | - |
Higher Educational Institute | Public | Private |
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- | - | - |
Etymology
There are several possible origins for the name :
A name combined from 2 parts: First part means a
fenced pen for cattle or a house and the second part is
the root word for “deprived” which means prohibition
and then sanctification.
A holy place (in Aramaic or Phoenician)
A house prepared for ladies (Arabic) 5
Location map

There are an estimated 2,658 registered residents, mainly
Sunni, living in 550 houses.
In 2000, the number of registered voters was 1,704, 969 of
whom cast their ballots. In 2005, the number of registered
voters increased to 1,986, and out of those 1,279 voted.
In 2009, the number reached 2,232, and 1,582 cast their
ballots. They belong to the following families:
Rbah: 296 voters
Ahmad: 162 voters
Amine: 116 voters
Issa: 117 voters
Farou: 116 voters
Nadi: 78 voters
Hammoud: 112 voters
Abou Adileh: 80 voters
Handous: 80 voters
Janbieh: 62 voters
Askar: 72 voters
Awada: 74 voters
Ghazawi: 64 voters
Chahine: 75 voters
Adwi: 59 voters
Kasmas: 40 voters
Saleh: 32 voters
Aslani: 12 voters
Yousef: 9 voters
Yammine: 21 voters
Ameiri: 16 voters
Douch: 15 voters
Yassine: 26 voters
Ghatmi: 8 voters
Khodor: 15 voters
Askari: 11 voters
Sharfie: 4 voters
Ibrahim: 9 voters
Salameh: 7 voters
There is a municipal council currently headed by Ahmad Mohamad Al-Ahmad and consists of 12 members. There are also 2 mukhtars, Ahmad Kassem Ayoub and Mariam Hussein Adwi, and a three-member ikhtiyariah body. 5
The town has one public school with 384 students registered in the 2005-2006 academic year, compared to 370 registered the following year. The school also has 22 staff members, 19 of whom are contracted.
The town has Al-Qadrieh Public Primary school that had 200 students in
the 2006-2007 academic year with 17 staff members, 16 of whom are contracted. 5
The town’s main source of income is agriculture, especially the cultivation of wheat, potatoes and other kinds of vegetables. 5
Archeological sites
There are no archaeological ruins in the village. 5
Map of the road network :
Map of desertification risk :
Map of rivers and water springs :