West Bekaa District

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Location of the district in Lebanon

The West Bekaa District ( Arabic قضاء البقاع الغربي, DMG Qaḍāʾ al-Biqāʿ al-ġarbī , also Beqaa el Gharbi , French Le Caza de la Bekka occidentale ) is an administrative district ( Qaḍāʾ ) in the Bekaa governorate in Lebanon . It consists of 27 villages, the main town is Joub Jenin . The most important city, however, is Mashgara .

geography

Northwest: Aley District Mount
Lebanon Governorate 		North: Zahlé district Northeast: Zahlé district
West: Chouf
Governorate Mount Lebanon 		Rosa de los vientos.svg East: Rachaya District
Southwest: Jezzine District,
South Lebanon Governorate 		South: Hasbaya District, Nabatea
Governorate 		Southeast: Hasbaya District

The district is located in the southwest of the Bekaa governorate . To the west it borders the Lebanon Mountains with the heights of the Barouk , and to the east the foothills of the Anti-Lebanon form the natural border. The landscape is very flat, but is shaped by the Litani River . There are also numerous sources. The most important of these is Ain Ez Zarqa . An important technical achievement is the Qaraoun reservoir near the place of the same name. The area covers 425 km² (470 km²) and in 2008 had about 56,000 inhabitants (according to localiban.org: 104,000 Ew.).

The 27 places in the district

  • Ain el Tineh
  • Ain Zebdeh
  • Ammik
  • Ana
  • Aytanite
  • Baaloul
  • Bab Mareh
  • Ghaza
  • Hi Harimeh
  • Joub Jenin (Joub Jannine (جب جنين))
  • Kamed el Laouz
  • Qara'ūn (Qaraaoun (قرعون))
  • Kefraya
  • Kelya
  • Kherbet Kanafar
  • Lala
  • Lebbaya
  • Mashgara (Machghara (مشغرة))
  • Manara
  • Mansoura
  • Marej
  • Maydoun
  • Saghbine
  • Sohmor
  • Souairy
  • Sultan Yaakoub
  • Yehmor
  • Alkeyra

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.localiban.org/rubrique262.html

Coordinates: 33 ° 38 '  N , 35 ° 47'  E