It lies just to the northwest of Sohmor and southwest of Lake Qaraoun, south of Aitanit and north of Ain Et Tine, and 45km(28mi) south east of the capital Beirut.

[2] On 14 June 1986 the Syrian army entered Machghara to enforce a truce that they had brokered between Hezbollah and the SSNP.

[3] Ottoman tax registers in 16th century indicate Machghara had two imams, 389 households and 26 bachelors, all Muslims.

It leans against the eastern slope of the Mount Lebanon massif.

Machghara is part of the Western Beqaa District Caza which has 18 localities.