Karak
كرك كرك نوح | |
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  Karak | |
| Coordinates: 33°51′0″N 35°55′35″E / 33.85000°N 35.92639°E | |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Governorate | Beqaa |
| District | Zahlé |
| Time zone | GMT +2 |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
| Area code | (+961) 8 |
Karak (also Kerak, Karak Nuh or Karak Noah) (Arabic: كرك, romanized: Karak) is a village in the municipality of Zahlé 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]
- ^ "Zahleh - Maallaqa - Taanayel". Local Liban. 22 February 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ Winter, 2010, p. 43 ff
- ^ "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.