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Miniara
Miniara ( Arabic: منياره) (also transliterated Minyara) is a village in the Akkar District, North Lebanon, 9 kilometers east of the Mediterranean Sea, and 3 kilometers south of Halba. The population is between 7,000 and 10,000. Miniara is the birthplace of Ibrahim BEIK El- SARRAF, the first member of the Lebanese parliament to represent the Christian seat of Akkar for 2 terms when Lebanon was still a French Mandate, and his younger brother "AFANDI" Zeki EL SARRAF the first mayor in the municipality of Akkar in his village Miniara.