elevation ~357 m
Baasir is in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon, roughly 27 km from Beirut in a straight line. Its closest Chouf neighbours are Barja (~1.2 km), Jiyeh (~2.3 km) and Dahr El Maghara (~2.7 km).
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Baasir is a town in Iqlim el-Kharroub — the coastal side of the Chouf district, Mount Lebanon — about 48 km from Beirut, administratively paired with neighbouring Haret Baasir. Freiha, Habiqa and Armala traced its name to a Syriac compound meaning 'the place of the press': the town anciently held many presses for olive oil and carob molasses.
Baasir is a town in Iqlim el-Kharroub, Chouf district, about 48 km from Beirut; its Syriac name means 'the place of the press', after its old oil presses. It is administratively paired with neighbouring Haret Baasir, and its presses anciently made olive oil and carob molasses.
Fariha, Hbeika and Armala traced the name Baasir to a compound of two Syriac elements meaning 'the place of the press' (a press / oil-mill). The town anciently had many presses for olive oil and carob molasses.
Freiha, Habiqa and Armala all read Baasir as a compound of two Syriac elements meaning the place of pressing — a press. The village once held many presses for olive oil and carob molasses, which is where the name comes from.
area ~550 ha · ~48 km from Beirut
إبراهيم، أبو حاقة، أبو صالح، جريس، حاج، حمزة، القعقور، المهدي، نصر الدين
The town of Baasir is in the Chouf district of Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, about 48 km from Beirut, at around 357 m elevation.
Baasir is about 48 km from Beirut.
Fariha, Hbeika and Armala traced the name Baasir to a compound of two Syriac elements meaning 'the place of the press' (a press / oil-mill). The town anciently had many presses for olive oil and carob molasses.
Families associated with Baasir include: إبراهيم, أبو حاقة, أبو صالح, جريس, حاج, حمزة, القعقور, المهدي, نصر الدين.
Notable people connected to Baasir include Dr. Ahmad Abu Haqa, Ahmad al-Haj, Mustafa Mahmoud al-Qaaqour, Said al-Qaaqour.
Baasir is one of the seventeen municipalities that form the Union of Municipalities of Iqlim El-Kharroub El-Chamali — the northern half of the Iqlim El-Kharroub belt of Chouf District; within the union it is administratively paired with neighbouring Haret Baasir. The union takes Mazboud as its seat and runs from Jiyeh and Rmaileh on the Mediterranean up to roughly 795 metres at Daraya and Aanout on its eastern, mountainous edge. Within the union, Baasir is one of the towns hosting industrial facilities.
Source: UN-Habitat Lebanon (2023), A Road Map Towards a Socioeconomic Development Plan for the Union of Municipalities of Iqlim El-Kharroub El-Chamali, funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation.
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