Hsarat

Hsarat (Arabic: حصارات) (also spelled Hisarat, Hasrat, Hsarate, Ḩaşrāt, Hsârâte, Hsarale or Ḩişārāt) is a village in the Byblos District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon.

Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics.

Between the 1850s and 1920s, nearly a 1000 people left Hsarat in boats and ships and emigrated to Italy, France, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Venezuela[1] The settlement had 989 registered voters as of 2017.

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