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November 9, 2021
Along with Gozo Island in Malta, Anfeh has the oldest salt pans in the Mediterranean. Calls for the protection of Anfeh's shore and its traditional salt-mining industry have been ongoing for decades. Before the 1970s, Anfeh supplied most of Lebanon’s salt. The Anfeh Municipality estimates that approximately 70 percent of local families made a living from salt. They built houses and sent their children to school on their earnings. But profit margins have dramatically decreased since the 1990s when the Lebanese government abolished taxes on imported salt and the cost of Lebanese salt became too expensive to compete.
Along with Gozo Island in Malta, Anfeh has the oldest salt pans in the Mediterranean. Calls for the protection of Anfeh's shore and its traditional salt-mining industry have been ongoing for decades. Before the 1970s, Anfeh supplied most of Lebanon’s salt. The Anfeh Municipality estimates that app…
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