Majdaloun ( ar, مجدلون) is a village in the
Baalbek District in
Baalbek-Hermel Governorate
A governorate is an administrative division of a state. It is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either State (administrative division), states or province, provinces, the term ''govern ...
.
History
In 1838,
Eli Smith
Eli Smith (born September 13, 1801, in Northford, Connecticut, to Eli and Polly (Whitney) Smith, and died January 11, 1857, in Beirut, Lebanon) was an American Protestant missionary and scholar. He graduated from Yale College in 1821 and from Andov ...
noted ''Mejdelun '' as a village in the plain in the
Baalbek
Baalbek (; ar, بَعْلَبَكّ, Baʿlabakk, Syriac-Aramaic: ܒܥܠܒܟ) is a city located east of the Litani River in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, about northeast of Beirut. It is the capital of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate. In Greek and Roman ...
area.
[Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p]
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See also
* Tell Majdaloun
References
Bibliography
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External links
Majdaloun
Localiban
{{Baalbek District
Populated places in Baalbek District