Western Beqaa District ( ar, قضاء البقاع الغربي) is an administrative district in the
Beqaa Governorate
Beqaa ( ') is a governorate in Lebanon.
Districts
Since 2014, Beqaa Governorate contains three districts:
* West Beqaa
* Rashaya
* Zahle
A law was passed in 2003 to separate Baalbek District and Hermel District from Beqaa Governorate to form a ...
of the Republic of
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 the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
. The capital is
Joub Jannine
Joub Jannine ( / ALA-LC: ''Jub Jannīn'') is located in the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon.
Joub Jannine is the capital of West Beqaa. It is a town and the center of the Western Beqaa District, hosting the Grand Serail, Serail, which is a main governme ...
which has a population of 12,000.
Main cities and towns
West Beqaa has a few main cities such as:
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Machghara
Machghara ( ar, مشغرة), also spelled Mashghara, is a town in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon, situated in the Western Beqaa District and south of the Beqaa Governorate. It lies just to the northwest of Sohmor and southwest of Lake Qaraoun, south ...
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Joub Jannine
Joub Jannine ( / ALA-LC: ''Jub Jannīn'') is located in the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon.
Joub Jannine is the capital of West Beqaa. It is a town and the center of the Western Beqaa District, hosting the Grand Serail, Serail, which is a main governme ...
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Qaraoun
Qaraoun is a Lebanon, Lebanese village, 85 km from Beirut, known for its Lake Qaraoun in the Beqaa Valley formed by the El Wauroun Dam built in 1959. It is an ecologically fragile zone in the Western Beqaa District. The village lies about 80 ...
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Kafraiya
Kefraya ( ar, كفريا / ALA-LC: ''Kifrayā'') is a village in the Western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Governorate in the Republic of Lebanon, approximately northwest of Joub Jannine. The village is home to a mixed population of Sunnis and Gre ...
* Kherbet Qanafar
* Dahr El Ahmar
Other towns
Other smaller villages located in West Beqaa
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Aana
Aana (عانا) is a village in the Western Bekaa District of Lebanon, about from Beirut. Its name comes from the Syriac word "'ono", which means 'the flock'. The village has two churches, one dedicated to St. Elias (Elijah) and the other to the ...
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Ain Zebdeh
Ain Zebdeh ( ar, عين زبدة), is a village located in the Western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.
History
In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as Ain Zibdeh''; a village on the West side of the Beqaa Valley
The Beqaa Valley ( ...
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Aitanite
Aitanite/ Aitaneet (عيتنيت) is a village in Lebanon, in the West Beqaa region. Aitanit is located in the southern region of Lebanon, particularly the Beqaa Valley. Aitanit is also located about 1070 meters above sea level and is currently o ...
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Al Manara
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Al Rafid
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Baaloul
Baaloul (in Arabic بعلول, . Tr '' B'alūl '') is a town located in the western Bekaa Valley Lebanon. Geography
Baaloul lies within the upper Litani river basin and is located along a mountainous area bordering Mount Lebanon. It is primarily ...
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Bab Maraa
Bab Mareaa ( ar, باب مارع), is a village located in the Western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.
History
In 1838, Eli Smith noted ''Bab Mari'a'' as a village on the West side of the Beqaa Valley
The Beqaa Valley ( ...
* Chabraqiyet Aammiq
* Chabraqiyet Tabet
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Dakouh
Dakoue (also spelled Dakoueh, or Dekweh) is a village located southwest of Mejdel Anjar, Lebanon. It is predominantly inhabited by shepherds and farmers.
Heavy Neolithic site of the Qaraoun culture
There is a Heavy Neolithic archaeological site ...
* Deir Ain Jaouzeh
* Deir Tahnich
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Ghazzeh
Ghazzeh ( ar, غزة), is a village located in the Western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.
History
In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as Azzeh''; a village on the West side of the Beqaa Valley, listed before Bab Mareaa.Robinson an ...
* Haouch Aammiq
* Haouch al Saalouk
* Haouch El Saiyad
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Haoush al Haremma
Haouch El Harimeh ( ar, حوش الحريمة), is a village located in the Western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.
History
In 1838, Eli Smith noted ''Haush Harimeh's'' population as being Sunni Muslim
Sunni Islam () i ...
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Kamed El Laouz
Kamid el-Loz, also spelled Kamid al-Lawz, is located in West Bekaa, Lebanon. The settlement has a population numbering several thousand, mostly Sunni, people and is also a site of archaeological excavations.
History
In 1838, Eli Smith noted ' ...
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Khiara
Khiara ( ar, الخياره), is a local authority located in the Western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Repu ...
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Lala
Lala may refer to:
Geography
* Lala language (disambiguation) Places
* Lala (Naples Metro), an underground metro station in Naples, Italy
* Lala, Assam, a town in Assam, India
* Lala, Ilam, a village in Ilam Province, Iran
* Lala, Lanao del No ...
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Libbaya
Libbaya (لبايا) is a village in the Beka'a Valley of Lebanon, situated in the Western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Governorate. It lies southeast of Sohmor. There it is a roman temple.
During the war in the 1980s, four Israeli Cobra helicopt ...
* Mansourah District
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Marj, Lebanon
Marj ( ar, مرج (البقاع الغربي)), is a village located in the Western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.
History
In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as ''el-Merj''; a Sunni Muslim, Maronite and Catholic
The C ...
* Mazraat El Chmis
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Meidoun
* Nasrieyh
* Tal El Akhdar
* Tal Zaazaa
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Tal Znoub
Tell Zenoub ( ar, تل ذنوب) is a local authority in the Western Beqaa District in Lebanon
History
Tell Zenoub is also an archaeological site of the Qaraoun culture that is located north northeast of Joub Jannine, Lebanon. Although lat ...
* Rawda
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Saghbine
Saghbine ( ar, صغبين), is a village located in the Western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.
History
In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as Sughbin''; a Maronite and Catholic
The Catholic Church, also known as the Rom ...
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Sohmor
Sohmor ( ar, سحمر) is a small town in the Beka'a Valley of Lebanon, situated in the Western Beqaa District and south of the Beqaa Governorate. It lies south of Lake Qaraoun on the Litani River. It lies southwest of Machgara, northeast of ...
* Sultan Yaacoub Tahta
* Sultan Yaacoub Fawqa
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Yohmor
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Zilaya
Districts of Lebanon
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