Machghara مشغرة
Town
Machghara Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°31′41″N 35°39′6″E / 33.52806°N 35.65167°E / 33.52806; 35.65167
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Beqaa Governorate
District	Western Beqaa District
Population  (1997 census estimates)
• Total	6,800

Machghara (Arabic: مشغرة), also spelled Mashghara, is a town in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon,^[1] situated in the Western Beqaa District and south of the Beqaa Governorate. It lies just to the northwest of Sohmor and southwest of Lake Qaraoun, south of Aitanit and north of Ain Et Tine. The Iskander Spring lies to the northeast of the village.

Ottoman tax registers in 16th century indicate Machghara had two imams, 389 households and 26 bachelors, all Muslims.^[2]

The city is located at an average of 1,050 meters above sea level, more than 200 meters above the course of the Litani River. It leans against the eastern slope of the Mount Lebanon massif. Machghara is part of the Western Beqaa District Caza which has 18 localities.

• Al-Hurr al-Amili (1624 – 1693)
• Zaki Nassif (1918 – 2004)
• Salim Ghazal (1931 – 2011)
• Riad Sharara (1940-1994)
• My beloved Uncle Jamil (1963 I think - )

• Machghara, Localiban

v t e Western Beqaa District, Beqaa Governorate
Capital: Joub Jannine
Towns and villages	Aammiq Aana Ain Zebdeh Aitanite Baaloul Bab Mareaa Baidar ech Chamout Dakoue Ghazzeh Haouch El Harimeh Kamid al lawz Kefraya Khiara Lala Libbaya Machghara Manara Marj Meidoun Qaraoun Qelaya Saghbine Sawiri Sohmor Sultan Yacoub Tell Zenoub Yohmor Zilaya
Other	Amlaq Qatih Bustan Birke