Aley ( ar, عاليه) is a district (''

qadaa A kaza (, , , plural: , , ; ota, قضا, script=Arab, (; meaning 'borough') * bg, околия (; meaning 'district'); also Кааза * el, υποδιοίκησις () or (, which means 'borough' or 'municipality'); also () * lad, kaza , ...

'') in Mount Lebanon,

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 ...

, to the south-east of the Lebanon's capital

Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...

. The capital is

Aley Aley ( ar, عاليه) is a major city in Lebanon. It is the capital of the Aley District and fourth largest city in Lebanon. The city is located on Mount Lebanon, 15 km uphill from Beirut on the freeway to Damascus. Aley has the nick ...

city was previously known as the "bride of the summers" during the 1960 and 1970s, when

and neighboring Bhamdoune were attractive tourist locations for Lebanese emigres and local Lebanese The district elects 5 members of parliament, of which 3 are Christians (1

Orthodox Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to: Religion * Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pa ...

and 2 Maronite) and 2 are Druze. During the 1975-1990

Civil War in Lebanon The Lebanese Civil War ( ar, الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية, translit=Al-Ḥarb al-Ahliyyah al-Libnāniyyah) was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990. It resulted in an estimated 120,000 fatalities a ...

, Aley witnessed several battles around its environs. Al Bennay البنيه

Cities

*Abey *Aghmide Aïn-Dara *Aïn-El-Jdeidé *Aïn-Enoub *Aïn-Rommané *Aïn Drafile *Aïn El-Halzoune *Aïn Ksour *Ain Saideh *Aïn Sofar *Aïn Traz *Aïnab *Aïtate *Aley *Aramoun *Baïssour *Baouarta *Bchamoune *Bdédoune *Bedghane *Bhouara *Bisrine *Bkhichtay *Bleibel *Bmakkine *Bmehraï *Bouzridé *Bsous *Btallaoun *Btater *Bteezanieh *Chamlane *Chanay *Charoun *Chartoun *Chouaifat Amroussyat *Chouaifat Oumara *Chouaifat Qobbat *Dakkoun *Deir-Koubel *Dfoun *Douair El-Roummane *EL-Azouniyeh *El-Bennayé *El-Fsaïkine *El-Ghaboun *El-Kahalé *El-Kamatiyeh *El-Mansouriyeh et Aïn-El-Marge *El-Mechrefeh *El-Mreijate *El-Ramliyeh *El-Rejmeh *Habramoun *Homs et Hama *Houmale *Kaïfoun *Kfar-Aammay *Kfar Matta *litige *Maasraïti *Majdel Baana *Mazraet El-Nahr *Mchakhté *Mejdlaya *Rechmaya *Remhala *Roueissat El-Naaman *Sarahmoul *Selfaya *Souk-El-Gharb *Taazanieh

Demographics

Like the neighboring Chouf District, the Aley district is also one of the most religiously diverse areas in

. The largest religious community in the Aley district is the Druze denomination, followed by the Maronite, and

Greek Orthodox The term Greek Orthodox Church ( Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, ''Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía'', ) has two meanings. The broader meaning designates "the entire body of Orthodox (Chalcedonian) Christianity, sometimes also cal ...

Christian denominations. There are also small communities of

Shia Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, mo ...

Muslims. It is estimated that roughly 54.6% of the district is of the Druze sect, while the remaining 40.7% are Christian and 4.6% are Muslim.دائرة جبل لبنان الرابعة
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