Kasarnaba

Kasarnaba
قصرنبا
Grapes in vineyard below village of Qsarnaba
Kasarnaba
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°54′52″N 35°59′22″E / 33.91444°N 35.98944°E / 33.91444; 35.98944Coordinates: 33°54′52″N 35°59′22″E / 33.91444°N 35.98944°E / 33.91444; 35.98944
Country  Lebanon
Governorate Baalbek-Hermel
District Baalbek
Elevation 3,970 ft (1,210 m)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) +3

Kasarnaba (Arabic: قصرنبا‎) is a town in Baalbek District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon famous for its hilly terrain and Traditional Agricultural practices.

Data

The town is located at the shoulder of The Western Lebanese Mountain Range just to the East of Mount Sanine specifically and it overlooks the central parts of Beqaa Valley.

Also a Roman Temple is found in this town, called "Castra El Banaat". The second Roman temple in the Middle East.

People in Kasarnaba are traditionally farmers famous for growing vineyards and wild rose flowers for rosewater extraction, in addition to many other traditional Horticultural crops some of which are listed below.

Traditional Crops

- Grapes
- Cherries
- Apricots
- Common Fig
- Roses (for Rosewater)
- Tobacco

Landscape

Kasarnaba has many hills creating deep valleys in between including:
- Wadi El Hawr
- Wadi El Debs
- Wadi El Boss
- Wadi Neita
- Wadi ain el Louis
- wadi ain al chaghour
- wadi al zaraet
- wadi al toghra
- wadi malek

See also

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