Haret Baasir, in the Chouf

Haret Baasir is a town in the Chouf area, Mount Lebanon. Chouf App is a utility app for Chouf-area residents — it connects Haret Baasir with Chouf-based stores for shopping and with a directory of trusted local trades.

About Haret Baasir

Haret Baasir is a Chouf-area locality in Mount Lebanon.

Name & origin

The first part, 'Hara', is of Aramaic-Syriac origin originally meaning the shepherds' camp, later applied to monks' lodgings and then to clustered dwellings; in Lebanon it came to mean a grand tiled-roof building. 'Baasir' is a Syriac compound 'Beth-Aseir' meaning the place of the press (maasara), as olive-oil and carob-molasses presses were once abundant there.

In figures

registered population ~760 · registered voters ~700

Families

البستاني، الحاج، رزق، قزّي

Common questions

Where is Haret Baasir located?

The town of Haret Baasir is in the Chouf district of Mount Lebanon, Lebanon.

What does the name Haret Baasir mean?

The first part, 'Hara', is of Aramaic-Syriac origin originally meaning the shepherds' camp, later applied to monks' lodgings and then to clustered dwellings; in Lebanon it came to mean a grand tiled-roof building. 'Baasir' is a Syriac compound 'Beth-Aseir' meaning the place of the press (maasara), as olive-oil and carob-molasses presses were once abundant there.

Which families are from Haret Baasir?

Families associated with Haret Baasir include: البستاني, الحاج, رزق, قزّي.

In the Iqlim El-Kharroub area

Haret Baasir is part of the Baasir–Haret Baasir grouping among 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. 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, the Baasir–Haret Baasir grouping is among the towns where industrial facilities are clustered.

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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