Zawtar al-Gharbiyah زوطر الغربية | |
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Municipality | |
  Zawtar al-Gharbiyah Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates:33°19′20″N35°27′45″E / 33.32222°N 35.46250°E /33.32222; 35.46250 | |
| Grid position | 125/154 L |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
| District | Nabatieh District |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Zawtar al-Gharbiyah (Arabic:زوطر الغربية) is a municipality in theNabatieh District inLebanon.
In the 1596tax records, it was named as a village,Sarqiyya, in theOttomannahiya (subdistrict) of Sagif under theliwa' (district) ofSafad, with a population of 24 households, allMuslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, such aswheat,barley, fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 1,240akçe.[1][2]
In 2014,Muslims made up 99.47% of registered voters in Zawtar al-Gharbiyah. 98.78% of the voters wereShiite Muslims.[3]
