Akkar District ( ar, قضاء عكار) is the only district in
Akkar Governorate french: Gouvernorat de l'Akkar
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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 ...
. It is coextensive with the governorate and covers an area of . The
UNHCR
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estimated the population of the district to be 389,899 in 2015, including 106,935 registered refugees of the
Syrian Civil War and 19,404
Palestinian refugees
Palestinian refugees are citizens of Mandatory Palestine, and their descendants, who fled or were expelled from their country over the course of the 1947–49 Palestine war (1948 Palestinian exodus) and the Six-Day War (1967 Palestinian exodu ...
.
[ The capital is at Halba.
The district is characterized by the presence of a relatively large ]coastal plain
A coastal plain is flat, low-lying land adjacent to a sea coast. A fall line commonly marks the border between a coastal plain and a piedmont area. Some of the largest coastal plains are in Alaska and the southeastern United States. The Gulf Co ...
, with high mountains to the east. The largest cities in Akkar are Halba, Bire Akkar and Al-Qoubaiyat.
Akkar has many important Roman and Arabic archaeological sites. One of the most famous archaeological sites and the birthplace of the Roman emperor Severus Alexander
Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander (1 October 208 – 21/22 March 235) was a Roman emperor, who reigned from 222 until 235. He was the last emperor from the Severan dynasty. He succeeded his slain cousin Elagabalus in 222. Alexander himself was ...
(d.235) is the Tell of Arqa
Arqa ( ar, عرقا; akk, 𒅕𒋡𒋫, translit=Irqata) is a Lebanese village near Miniara in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon, 22 km northeast of Tripoli, near the coast.
The town was a notable city-state during the Iron Age. The city of ' ...
near the town of Miniara
Miniara ( ar, منياره) (also transliterated Minyara) is a village in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon, 9 kilometers east of the Mediterranean Sea, and 3 kilometers south of Halba. The population is between 7,000 and 10,000.
History
In 1838, Eli ...
. Several prehistoric sites were found in the Akkar plain foothills
The Akkar plain foothills are the location of several surface archaeological sites found between Halba and Adbe in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon.
The sites were found in neogene conglomerates above the contour on Louis Dubertret's geological m ...
that were suggested to have been used by the Heavy Neolithic
Heavy Neolithic (alternatively, Gigantolithic) is a style of large stone and flint tools (or industry) associated primarily with the Qaraoun culture in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon, dating to the Epipaleolithic or early Pre-Pottery Neolithic at t ...
Qaraoun culture
The Qaraoun culture is a culture of the Lebanese Stone Age around Qaraoun in the Beqaa Valley. The Gigantolithic or Heavy Neolithic flint tool industry of this culture was recognized as a particular Neolithic variant of the Lebanese highlands ...
at the dawn of the Neolithic Revolution.Qaitea Qaita ( ar, القيطع) is an area that gathers Lebanese villages in Akkar District in Akkar Governorate.
Subdivision
Its villages and towns:
* Bebnine
* Wadi Jamous
* Karkaf
* Mahmra
* Berkail
* Bzal
* Burj Al-Arab
* Qabeit
* Hrar
* Mish ...
(القيطع), Jouma
Jouma is an area that gathers Lebanese villages in Akkar district in Akkar governorate.
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* Tachaa
* Memnaa
* Akkar Ati ...
(الجومة), Dreib
Dreib is an area that gathers Lebanese villages in Akkar district in Akkar governorate.
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* Aydamun
* El Hed
* Safinet ...
(الدريب), Jabal Akroum
Jabal, Jabel, Jebel or Jibal may refer to:
People
* Jabal (name), a male Arabic given name
* Jabal (Bible), mentioned in the Hebrew Bible
Places
In Arabic, ''jabal'' or ''jebel'' (spelling variants of the same word) means 'mountain'.
* Dzhebel, ...
(جبل أكروم), Wadi Khaled
Wadi ( ar, وَادِي, wādī), alternatively ''wād'' ( ar, وَاد), North African Arabic Oued, is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a valley. In some instances, it may refer to a wet (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water o ...
(وادي خالد), Cheft (الشفت) and As-Sahel (السهل).
History
2021 Akkar explosion
At least 33 people were killed by a fuel tanker explosion in Tleil, Akkar District, Lebanon on 15 August 2021. The disaster was reportedly exacerbated by the ongoing Lebanese liquidity crisis; in which the Lebanese pound has plummeted and fuel ha ...
killed dozens of people.
Geography
Akkar is divided into the following regions:
* Al-Jouma: represents multiple villages connected to each other by a network of roads, and is located around fertile land that enable it to adopt greenhouse and fruit crops.
* Najd Akkar: It is divided into three sub-regions according to the geographical situation that makes the crops change according to the height and irrigation: Al-Shafat, Al-Dreib Al-Awsat, Al-Dreib Al-A'la
* The plateaus where the al-Qayt'a region is.
* Jarad Akkar: It occupies an area in the east of the entire region, starting from the borders of the Akkar governorate to Abu Musa River in the south to the Syrian border in the north, and it consists of the following villages.
* The plain: in itself it is the source of agricultural wealth, where its inhabitants live from the land, and 6% of the properties include half of the lands.
Demographics
The majority of the residents in the Akkar District is composed by a majority of Sunni Muslims, followed by a large minority of Greek Orthodox Christians
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 ...
. Maronites
The Maronites ( ar, الموارنة; syr, ܡܖ̈ܘܢܝܐ) are a Christian ethnoreligious group native to the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant region of the Middle East, whose members traditionally belong to the Maronite Church, with the larg ...
are the second largest Christian denomination, and have typically lived around the city of Al-Qoubaiyat. Melkite Christians are also present in small numbers in the region.
This region is also home to the largest population of Alawites
The Alawis, Alawites ( ar, علوية ''Alawīyah''), or pejoratively Nusayris ( ar, نصيرية ''Nuṣayrīyah'') are an ethnoreligious group that lives primarily in Levant and follows Alawism, a sect of Islam that originated from Shia Isl ...
in Lebanon.
Turkish people
The Turkish people, or simply the Turks ( tr, Türkler), are the world's largest Turkic ethnic group; they speak various dialects of the Turkish language and form a majority in Turkey and Northern Cyprus. In addition, centuries-old ethnic ...
form a majority in Kouachra
Kouachra ( ar, الكواشرة, also spelled as Kaweishra or Kavashra) is a village in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. It is located approximately north of Beirut and north of Tripoli.
Location
Kouachra is located in Akkar District, near Al Qoub ...
and Aydamun
Aydamun (also spelled as Aidamoun or Aaidamoun) is a Lebanese village.
Location
It is located in Akkar District, about 15 minutes away from Kouachra, and 3 hours from the capital Beirut.
History
In 1838, Eli Smith noted 'Aidemun'' as a "Gr ...
.
References
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