Bteghrine
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Bteghrine (Arabic: , also spelled Bteghrin and Btighrin) is a municipality in the Metn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon.
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Geography
Bteghrine is located at . It is bordered by Mount Sannine to the east, Wadi el-Jamajem to the north, Jiwar to the west, and Khinsharah to the south. The municipality is comprised of seven neighborhoods and four outlying districts.
Neighborhoods
- Haret al-Ain
- Haret al-Dara
- Haret al-Shahara
- Haret al-Shawyee
- Haret al-Ssaha
- Haret al-Wata
- Haret Ali
Outlying districts
- Bsefrine
- Meisree
- Sabourta
- Zaarour
Agriculture
Bteghrine is situated on a rocky hillside, but that did not stop its inhabitants from developing a thriving, self-sufficient agriculture. Most of the land within the city and the surrounding hills, including the Meisree and Bsefrine districts, was fully terraced to make it more suited for planting. The most common fruits and vegetables grown in Bteghrine are: figs, grapes, mulberry, plums, apples, peaches, persimmon, pomegranate, cherries, tomatoes, cucumber, parsley, mint, wheat, and beans. Small shops in the town process much of the local produce into arak, molasses, wine, and preserves.Economy
The Saliba Nail and Screw [link] factory is the largest single plant in Bteghrine. Additionally, the town has a large number of small shops for blacksmithing, woodworking, car repair and bodywork, leather tailoring, and aluminum manufacturing. The city also enjoys a full set of services including 3 gas stations, a supermarket, dry cleaner, several specialty and general stores, a large bakery, several bookstores, several clinics, many restaurants, and one hotel. Bteghrine also hosts the central telephone station for the upper Metn region.Churches
- St. Michael – Greek Orthodox.
- St. George – Greek Orthodox.
- Notre Dame – Catholic.
- St. Elias – Greek Orthodox.
Famous Bteghrineites
- Elias Murr – Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister
- Gabrielle Bou Rached – the reigning Miss Lebanon 2005
- George Hawi – former Secretary General of the Lebanese Communist Party, assassinated June 21, 2005 by a bomb planted under his car
- Greg Simon (Saliba) – current President of the Washington, D.C. based think tank FasterCures, Chief Domestic Policy Advisor to former Vice President Al Gore from 1993 to 1997
- Michel Murr – former Lebanese Minister of the Interior
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