Abadiyeh (; also spelled ''al-Abadiyah'' or ''Aabadiyeh'') is a municipality in the

Baabda District Baabda District (, transliteration: ''Qada' Baabda''), sometimes spelled ''B'abda'', is a district (''qadaa'') of Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon, to the south and east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The region is also popularly known as "Sou ...

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. It is located 16 kilometers east of

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. There is one main public highschool in the town, which had more than 500 pupils in 2019. It is the hometown of Lebanese actress

Cyrine Abdelnour Cyrine Abdelnour (; also spelled Cyrine Abd Al-Nour or Cyrine Abdel-Nour; born 21 February 1977) is a Lebanese singer, actress, and model. Her first album, ''Leila Min Layali'', was released in 2004. She released her second album, ''Aleik Ayoun ...

, Lebanese footballer Zaher Al Indari, former

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, Lebanese kick boxing fighter Rabih Zahr, and Lebanese Director in Moderna Inc Froncois Nader.

Geography

Abadiyeh has a land area of 916

hectare The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), that is, square metres (), and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. ...

s. Its average elevation is 780 meters above sea level. Neighboring localities include Chouit to the west, Beit Mery to the northwest, Ras el-Matn to the north, el-Halaliyeh to the east, Baalchemay to the southeast, and

Aley Aley () 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, 15km uphill from Beirut on the freeway to Damascus. Aley has the nickname "Bride of the Summ ...

and Ain el-Jdeide to the south.

References

{{Baabda District Populated places in Baabda District Druze communities in Lebanon Eastern Orthodox Christian communities in Lebanon Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon