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Mount Lebanon Governorate
Mount Lebanon (Arabic: جبل لبنان; transliterated: Jabal Libnan) is one of the Governorates of Lebanon. Its capital is Baabda. The overwhelming majority of its population is Maronites, Greek Orthodox, and Melkite Greek Catholic Christians. However, there are also many Muslims in the area, including...
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Chouf District
Chouf (also spelled Shouf, Shuf or Chuf, in Arabic جبل الشوف Jebel ash-Shouf) is a historic region of Lebanon, as well as an administrative district in the governorate (mohafazat) of Mount Lebanon.
Located south-east of Beirut, the region comprises...
Choueifat
Choueifat (Arabic: شويفات) is a suburb southeast of Beirut in Lebanon. The town is a Druze and Christian enclave that lies on the eastern side of Beirut's airport. The local population of the city is made up of mostly Druze and Christians, but in...
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Aintoura
Aintoura (Arabic: عينطورة) and sometimes spelled "Antoura", is a town in the Mount Lebanon Governorate.
It is a picturesque town in Mount Lebanon, known for it nice moderate climate. Winters are mild while summers are hot with average temperatures...
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Baabda District
Baabda District (Arabic: قضاء بعبدا, translit: Qada' Baabda), sometimes spelled B'abda, is a district (qadaa) in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, to the south and east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The district capital is town of Baabda.
The region is...
Area:
- 194 km² (74.9 mi² )
Bhamdoun
Bhamdoun (Arabic: بحمدون) is a town in Lebanon 23 kilometers (14 mi) from Beirut on the main road that leads to Damascus, lying at an altitude of 1,100 meters (3,609 ft) above the Lamartine valley. Two separate villages compose the town, Bhamdoun...
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Kahale
Kahale (Arabic الكحالة) is a mountain village in the district of Aley (Caza Aley), Lebanon, 13 km from Beirut. Population estimated at 13,000 residents all of which are Maronite Catholics.
The village has three churches:
Kahale has seven prominent...
Aley District
Aley (Arabic: عاليه) is a district (qadaa) in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, to the south-east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The capital is Aley. Aley city was previously known as the "bride of the summers" during the 1960 and 70s, when Aley and...
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- 264 km² (102 mi² )
Jbeil District
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...
Area:
- 430 km² (166 mi² )
Keserwan District
Keserwan (Qadaa' Keserwèn) (Arabic قضاء كسروان) 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 Jounieh.
The name "Keserwan" (also spelled ...
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- 336 km² (130 mi² )
Matn District
Matn (Arabic: قضاء المتن, translit: Qada' el Matn), sometimes spelled Metn, is a district (qadaa) in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon, east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The district capital is Jdeideh.
The Matn district is also popularly...
Area:
- 265 km² (102 mi² )
Aghmeed
Aghmeed, also spelled Aghmide, is a village located about 37km from Beirut, in the governate of Mount Lebanon, in the Aley District. One can reach Aghmeed through Mdairej Road, Ain Dara and Al Azzounieh. Aghmeed is at an altitude of 1,200 m, close...
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Bdadoun
Bdadoun (Arabic: بدادون) (also Bdadun, Bde`doun, Bde‘doun, Bdādūn, Bdādūn, Bde‘doun, Bde`doun, Bidadun, Bidadūn) is a town in Mount Lebanon which makes up one of the 70 towns and villages in the district of Aley (a District, is also a Quadaa, or...
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Kfarshima
Kfarshima (also spelled Kfarchima) is a town in the Baabda District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, southeast of Beirut. Kfarshima is the birthplace of the composer and musician, Philemon Wehbi and the singer, Majida El Roumi. Also the Birthplace...
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Aley
Aley is a picturesque town in Mount Lebanon. It is located 17 km uphill from Beirut, just south of the summer resort of Bhamdoun and north of the strategic town of Souk El Gharb.
The natives of Aley are predominantly Druze; however, there are...
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Kaifun
Kaifun (also transliterated Kafun,Kaifoun) is a beautiful medium sized village in the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Aley District, in the Republic of Lebanon. It lies slightly south of the village of Souk El Gharb, it has a stunning view of Beirut and...
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Bsous
Bsous is a village in the Aley District of Mount Lebanon with an estimated population of 6,000. It is located 200 to 730 meters above sea level and 14 kilometres from the capital, Beirut. It is both a summer resort as well as being inhabited during...
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Ain dara
Ain Dara is a village about 32 km from Beirut, in the governate of Mount Lebanon, in the Aley District. Ain Dara is located on a southward facing slope overlooking the beautiful pine forests of the safa valley at an altitude of 1,300 meters, it is...
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Chemlane
Shemlan (also spelled Chemlane, Shimlan) is a village in the Aley District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon, located about 25km from Beirut.
Shemlan is first mentioned in history books as early as the 12th century. More recent accounts...
Ain Aanoub
Ain Aanoub or `Ayn `Nub is a village in Aley District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon.
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Ainab
Ainab (Arabic: عيناب) is a town on the western slopes of Mount Lebanon overlooking Beirut. It is in the Aley District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Beirut, on the road South from Aley.
The municipal council was...
Area:
- 1 km² (0.39 mi² )
