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Qaitea
Qaita ( ar, القيطع) is an area that gathers Lebanese villages in Akkar District in Akkar Governorate. Subdivision Its villages and towns: * Bebnine * Wadi Jamous * Karkaf * Mahmra * Berkail * Bzal * Burj Al-Arab * Qabeit * Hrar * Mish Mish, Akkar District Mish Mish (), also spelled Michmich, is a village located in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. Mish Mish is situated 1100 metres above sea level in the mountainous terrain of the north. The closest major city to the village is Tripoli 45 km to th ... * Fnaydeq * Jdaidet El Qaitea References {{Reflist Akkar divisions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akkar District
Akkar District ( ar, قضاء عكار) is the only district in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. It is coextensive with the governorate and covers an area of . The UNHCR estimated the population of the district to be 389,899 in 2015, including 106,935 registered refugees of the Syrian Civil War and 19,404 Palestinian refugees. The capital is at Halba. The district is characterized by the presence of a relatively large coastal plain, with high mountains to the east. The largest cities in Akkar are Halba, Bire Akkar and Al-Qoubaiyat. Akkar has many important Roman and Arabic archaeological sites. One of the most famous archaeological sites and the birthplace of the Roman emperor Severus Alexander (d.235) is the Tell of Arqa near the town of Miniara. Several prehistoric sites were found in the Akkar plain foothills that were suggested to have been used by the Heavy Neolithic Qaraoun culture at the dawn of the Neolithic Revolution. Akkar can be divided into 7 parts: Qaitea (ا ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akkar Governorate
french: Gouvernorat de l'Akkar , settlement_type = Governorate , image_skyline = Berkayl.jpg , image_caption = Berkayel, Akkar Governorate , image_flag = , image_seal = , image_shield = , image_map = Akkar in Lebanon.svg , map_caption = Location of Akkar Governorate in Lebanon , pushpin_map = , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = District , subdivision_name1 = Akkar District , subdivision_type2 = Municipalities , subdivision_name2 = see list , established_title = Gazetted , established_date = 16 July 2003 , seat_type = Capital , seat = Halba , leader_party = , leader_title = Governor , leader_name = Imad Labaki , area_footnotes = , area_total_km2 = 788 , area_land_km2 = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bebnine
Bebnine ( ar, ببنين) is a town located in the Akkar District of the Akkar Governorate in Lebanon. Its inhabitants are Sunni Muslims. History In 1838, Eli Smith noted the village, whose inhabitants were Sunni Muslims and Greek Orthodox, located west of esh-Sheikh Mohammed Cheikh Mohammad ( ar, الشيخ محمد) is a village situated in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. Situated 400 metres above sea level, in between two mountains, it overlooks the Akkar plains and sea. It is made up of approximately 450 houses, with .... In 1856 it was named ''Bibnin'' on Kiepert's map of Palestine/Lebanon published that year.Kiepert, 1856Map of Northern Palestine/Lebanon/ref> References Bibliography * Populated places in Akkar District Sunni Muslim communities in Lebanon {{lebanon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wadi Jamous
Wadi ( ar, وَادِي, wādī), alternatively ''wād'' ( ar, وَاد), North African Arabic Oued, is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a valley. In some instances, it may refer to a wet (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water only when heavy rain occurs. Etymology The term ' is very widely found in Arabic toponyms. Some Spanish toponyms are derived from Andalusian Arabic where ' was used to mean a permanent river, for example: Guadalcanal from ''wādī al-qanāl'' ( ar, وَادِي الْقَنَال, "river of refreshment stalls"), Guadalajara from ''wādī al-ḥijārah'' ( ar, وَادِي الْحِجَارَة, "river of stones"), or Guadalquivir, from ''al-wādī al-kabīr'' ( ar, اَلْوَادِي الْكَبِير, "the great river"). General morphology and processes Wadis are located on gently sloping, nearly flat parts of deserts; commonly they begin on the distal portions of alluvial fans and extend to inland sabkhas or dry lakes. In basin and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berkail
Berqayel or Berkayel ( ar, برقايل) is one of the largest and the most historical towns in Akkar Governorate in northern Lebanon. Berkail is about 25 km north Tripoli. Berkail is well known by its olive production and green fields. It is a Sunni Muslim community. History In 1838, Eli Smith noted the village, whose inhabitants were Sunni Muslim, located west of esh-Sheikh Mohammed Cheikh Mohammad ( ar, الشيخ محمد) is a village situated in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. Situated 400 metres above sea level, in between two mountains, it overlooks the Akkar plains and sea. It is made up of approximately 450 houses, with ....Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p183/ref> Economy Much of Berkail's population is employed by the Lebanese Army. Olives are the main agricultural product. References Bibliography * External links Localiban Populated places in Akkar District Sunni Muslim communities in Lebanon {{Lebanon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borj El Aarab
Borj ( fa, برج) may refer to: Locations in Iran * Borj-e Olya, East Azerbaijan Province * Borj-e Sofla, East Azerbaijan Province * Borj-e Dasht Darreh, Fars Province * Borj-e Delbar, Fars Province * Borj-e Khankaram, Fars Province * Borj-e Safar Beg, Fars Province * Borj-e Seyfollah, Fars Province * Borj-e Seyyed, Fars Province * Borj Sukhteh-ye Olya, Fars Province * Borj Sukhteh-ye Sofla, Fars Province * Borj, Fahraj, Kerman Province * Borj, Ekhtiarabad, Kerman Province * Borj-e Abbasabad, Kerman Province * Borj, Khuzestan * Borj-e Ali Shir-e Olya, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province * Borj-e Ali Shir-e Sofla, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province * Borj-e Bahmani, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province * Borj, Markazi * Borj-e Abbas Khan, Markazi Province * Borj-e Balan, Markazi Province * Borj-e Cheshmeh-ye Mahmud, Markazi Province * Borj Qaqan, Markazi Province * Borj-e Kheyl, Mazandaran Province * Borj, North Khorasan (other) ** Borj, Bojnord ** B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qabeit
Qabeit, Qabaait, Kabiit, ( ar, قبعيت) is a village in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue .... The population is Sunni Muslims. History The town mourned the death of 17 people connected to the area who drowned while trying to reach Australia by makeshift boat in September 2012. Lebanese village mourns deaths of asylum-seekers in boat disaster by Andreane Williams Channel NewsAsia 17 Nov 2013 16:37 Qabeit is in one of the poorest parts of Lebanon a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrar
Hrar ( ar, حرار) is a village in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. The population of Hrar is mainly Sunni Muslim. History In 1838, Eli Smith noted the village as ''Harar'', whose inhabitants were Sunni Muslims, located south of esh-Sheikh Mohammed Cheikh Mohammad ( ar, الشيخ محمد) is a village situated in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. Situated 400 metres above sea level, in between two mountains, it overlooks the Akkar plains and sea. It is made up of approximately 450 houses, with .... In 1856 it was named ''Harar'' on Kiepert's map of Palestine/Lebanon published that year.Kiepert, 1856Map of Northern Palestine/Lebanon/ref> References Bibliography * External linksHrar Localiban {{Akkar District Populated places in Akkar District Sunni Muslim communities in Lebanon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mish Mish, Akkar District
Mish Mish (), also spelled Michmich, is a village located in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. Mish Mish is situated 1100 metres above sea level in the mountainous terrain of the north. The closest major city to the village is Tripoli, Lebanon, Tripoli 45 km to the west; the Lebanese capital Beirut is 129 km to the southwest. History The Akkar region was first inhabited by the Phoenicians but the original settlers of the Mish Mish village built mud brick homes around the mosque to stay close for prayers and also safety as there were plentiful dangerous wild animals such as hyenas that roamed the surrounding valleys and mountains. A few of the original mud brick homes are still standing near the village mosque. The village has seen many foreign occupiers pass through its lands such as the Crusades, Crusaders, Ottoman Turks and the France, French colonial forces. Reminders of the area's past still exist in ruins around Mish Mish including road directions carved into rock, dirt ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
