Karak Nuh

Karak
كرك
كرك نوح
Karak is located in Lebanon
Karak
Karak
Coordinates: 33°51′0″N 35°55′35″E / 33.85000°N 35.92639°E / 33.85000; 35.92639
CountryLebanon
GovernorateBeqaa
DistrictZahlé
Time zoneGMT +2
 • Summer (DST)+3
Area code(+961) 8

Karak (also Kerak, Karak Nuh or Karak Noah) (Arabic: كرك, romanizedKarak) is a village in the municipality of Zahle in the Zahle District of the Beqaa Governorate in eastern Lebanon.[1] It is located on the Baalbek road close to Zahle. Karak contains a sarcophagus claimed by the locals to be the tomb of Noah.[2] The inhabitants of Karak are Melkites, Maronites and Shia Muslims.[3]

  1. ^ "Zahleh - Maallaqa - Taanayel". Local Liban. 22 February 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  2. ^ Winter, 2010, p. 43 ff
  3. ^ "Municipal and ikhtiariah elections in the Beqa'a 147 municipalities and 414 mokhtars" (PDF). The Monthly Magazine. February 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.

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