Byblos /Jbeil (Qadaa' Jbail) (Arabic: قضاء جبيل) is a district (qadaa) in the Mount Lebanon Governorate (Arabic محافظة جبل لبنان), Lebanon, to the northeast of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The capital is Byblos, also known as Jbeil.
The rivers of Al-Madfoun and Nahr Ibrahim form the district's natural northern and southern borders respectively, with the Mediterranean Sea bordering it from the west and the Lebanon mountains from the east, separa...
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Byblos /Jbeil (Qadaa' Jbail) (Arabic: قضاء جبيل) is a district (qadaa) in the Mount Lebanon Governorate (Arabic محافظة جبل لبنان), Lebanon, to the northeast of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The capital is Byblos, also known as Jbeil.
The rivers of Al-Madfoun and Nahr Ibrahim form the district's natural northern and southern borders respectively, with the Mediterranean Sea bordering it from the west and the Lebanon mountains from the east, separating it from the adjacent district of Baalbek in the Bekaa valley.
The district's population is predominantly Maronite followed by a significant Shiite community, particularly in the villages of Aalmat, Ras Osta, Hjoula, Bichtlida, Lassa, and Mazraat Es Siyad. A Greek Orthodox minority forms part of the population and is spread among several villages know locally as "qornet el roum" (the corner of Orthodoxy). These are: Mounsef, Jeddayel, Helwe, Berbara, Gharzouz, and Chikhane.
Jbeil has 3 seats allocated to it in the Lebanese Parliament. Two...
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