Abadiyeh ( ar, العبادية; also spelled ''al-Abadiyah'' or ''Aabadiyeh'') is a municipality in the Baabda District of

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, Lebanon. It is located 16 kilometers east of Beirut. There is one public school in the town, which had 345 pupils in 2006. It is the hometown of Lebanese actress Cyrine Abdelnour, Lebanese footballer Zaher Al Indari, and former President of Brazil Michel Temer, Lebanese kick boxing fighter

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, Lebanese Director in Moderna Inc Froncois Nader

Geography

Abadiyeh has a land area of 916 hectares. Its average elevation is 780 meters above sea level. Neighboring localities include Chouit to the west,

Beit Mery Beit Mery ( ar, بيت مري ; also Beit Mer, Beir Meri) is a Lebanese town overlooking the capital Beirut. The town has been a summer mountain resort since the times of the Phoenicians and later the Romans. The name derives from Aramaic and me ...

to the northwest,

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to the north, el-Halaliyeh to the east, Baalchemay to the southeast, and Aley and

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to the south.

References

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