Zawtar El Charkiyeh

Zawtar El Charkiyeh
زوطر الشرقية
City
Map showing the location of Zawtar El Charkiyeh within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Zawtar El Charkiyeh within Lebanon
Zawtar El Charkiyeh
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°19′33″N 35°28′34″E / 33.32583°N 35.47611°E / 33.32583; 35.47611
Grid position127/154 L
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNabatieh Governorate
DistrictNabatieh District
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

Zawtar El Charkieh (Arabic: زوطر الشرقية) is a town overlooking the Litani River in the province of Nabatiyeh in South Lebanon (85 km from Beirut; 9 km from Nabatiyeh; 475 m (1558ft) above sea level).

Its population exceeds 4,000, most of whom depend on tobacco farming as their main or supplementary source of income. The town has one intermediate public school, one nursery, and one partially functioning health center affiliated with the Ministry of Social Affairs.[1]