Western Beqaa District ( ar, قضاء البقاع الغربي) is an administrative district in the Beqaa Governorate 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 which has a population of 12,000.

Main cities and towns

West Beqaa has a few main cities such as: *

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 ...

* Joub Jannine *

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 ...

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 Qaraoun Lake

Other towns

Other smaller villages located in West Beqaa * Aana *

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 ( ...

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 ...

* Al Manara * Al Rafid *

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 ...

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 ...

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 ' ...

Khiara Khiara ( ar, الخياره), is a local authority located in the Western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon. History In 1838, Eli Smith noted ''el-Khiyarah's'' population as being Sunni Muslim Sunni Islam () is the lar ...

* Lala *

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 *

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 village in the Beqa ...

* Mazraat El Chmis *

Meidoun Meidoun (ميدون) is a village in the West Beqaa District in southern Lebanon. Following the 1982 invasion it was just North of the Israeli security zone. In the late 1980s it had become a Hizbullah stronghold. History On 4 May 1988 the Isr ...

* Nasrieyh * Tal El Akhdar * Tal Zaazaa *

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 *

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 ...

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 * Yohmor *

Zilaya Zilaya ( ar, زلايا), is a village located in the Western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon. History In 1838, Eli Smith noted ''Zellaya'' as a village on the West side of the Beqaa Valley The Beqaa Valley ( ar, links=no ...

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