Kfar Sir

Kfar Sir or Kfarsir (Arabic: كفرصير) is a municipality just north of the Litani River, in the Nabatieh District in southern Lebanon.

Kfar Sir كفرصير
Municipality
Kfar Sir Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°19′30″N 35°24′03″E
Grid position	118/154 L
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Nabatieh Governorate
District	Nabatieh District
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3
Area code	+961 - (07 - South Lebanon)

History

In the 1596 tax records, it was named as a village, Kafr Tir, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Sagif under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 58 households and 5 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 6,231 akçe.^[1][2]

Demographics

In 2014 Muslims made up 99.36% of registered voters in Kfar Sir. 98.99% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.^[3]