Btaaboura

{{Short description|Village in Koura District, Lebanon}}

Btaaboura ({{langx|ar|بتعبورا}}) is a village in Koura District of Lebanon. The population is Greek Orthodox.{{cite web|title=Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon |url=http://www.localiban.org/IMG/pdf/iiMonthly-Municip-Mar10-E92.pdf |publisher=The Monthly |accessdate=30 October 2016 |page=23 |date=March 2010 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603040803/http://www.localiban.org/IMG/pdf/iiMonthly-Municip-Mar10-E92.pdf |archivedate=3 June 2016 }} A church is being constructed as of June 2011, it is dedicated to St. Elias.{{Cite web |url=http://sainteliasbtaaboura.com/ |title=Website: Saint Elias Church - Btaaboura |access-date=2014-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027111723/http://sainteliasbtaaboura.com/ |archive-date=2014-10-27 |url-status=dead }} In 1953, Btaaboura had a population of 350 living in 36 households.{{Cite thesis|first1=Salah Michel |last1=Sawaya |date=March 1953 |title=Household Income and Expenditure in Al-Kura, Lebanon |url=https://scholarworks.aub.edu.lb/bitstream/handle/10938/3411/t-122.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324182139/https://scholarworks.aub.edu.lb/bitstream/handle/10938/3411/t-122.pdf|hdl=10938/3411|type=M.A. |archive-date=24 March 2023|access-date=2023-03-24 |website=Scholarworks|publisher=Economics Dept., American University of Beirut, Lebanon|location=Beirut, Lebanon}}

In 1997 and on 21 November 2011, Michel Temer, then Vice President of Brazil, visited Btaaboura, which is the birthplace of his father, Nakhoul (Miguel) Temer, and mother, Marcha Barbar.[http://www.executive-magazine.com/business-finance/society/michel-temer-the-most-powerful-lebanese-person The most powerful Lebanese person alive] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621014527/http://www.executive-magazine.com/business-finance/society/michel-temer-the-most-powerful-lebanese-person |date=2016-06-21 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/May-04/296677-politicians-of-lebanese-descent-flourish-in-brazil.ashx|title=Politicians of Lebanese descent flourish in Brazil|work=The Daily Star}}{{cite news|title=Michel Temer’s Lebanese homeland fetes his success|url=http://yalibnan.com/2016/05/13/michel-temers-lebanese-homeland-fetes-his-success/|accessdate=14 May 2016|work=Ya Libnan|date=13 May 2016}}{{cite news|title=Lebanese-Brazilian Michel Temer moves closer to Brazilian presidency|url=http://yalibnan.com/2016/04/19/lebanese-brazilian-michel-temer-moves-closer-to-brazilian-presidency/|accessdate=14 May 2016|work=Ya Libnan|date=19 April 2016}}