Machghara

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Machghara ({{langx|ar|مشغرة}}), also spelled Mashghara, is a town in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon,{{cite book|title=Le Commerce du Levant|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l0roAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=23 April 2011|year=1967|publisher=Société de la presse économique.|page=40}} 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, and 45km(28mi)

south east of the capital Beirut. The Iskander Spring lies to the northeast of the village.

There were 9,944 registered voters in Machghara in 2010. The inhabitants of the town are Greek Orthodox, Greek Catholic and Shia Muslims.{{cite web |title=Municipal and ikhtiariah elections in the Beqa'a 147 municipalities and 414 mokhtars |url=http://www.localiban.org/IMG/pdf/iiMOnthly-Municip-E91-Feb10.pdf |website=The Monthly Magazine |date=February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111732/http://www.localiban.org/IMG/pdf/iiMOnthly-Municip-E91-Feb10.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}

On 14 June 1986 the Syrian army entered Machghara to enforce a truce that they had brokered between Hezbollah and the SSNP. During a week of fighting Hezbollah had taken control of the town.Middle East International No 278, 27 June 1986, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Jim Muir pp.7-8