Zouk Mikael
Zouk Mikael ذوق مكايل |
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State : | Lebanon | |
Governorate : | Mount Lebanon | |
District: | Keserwan | |
Founded : | 1617 | |
Coordinates : | 33 ° 58 ′ N , 35 ° 37 ′ E | |
Height : | 70 m | |
Area : | 3 km² | |
Residents : | 47,000 | |
Population density : | 15,667 inhabitants per km² | |
Time zone : | UTC + 2 | |
Telephone code : | (+961) 9 | |
Postal code : | 25116 | |
Community type: | city | |
Mayor : | Elias Ayoub Beainou | |
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Zouk Mikael ( Arabic ذوق مكايل, DMG DUQ Mikayil even Zūq Mīkhā'īl or Zouk Mkayel) is a northern suburb of Beirut in the district Keserwan of the government of Lebanon Mountains in Lebanon . The number of the predominantly Christian inhabitants ( Melkites , Maronites ) of the place is almost 50,000 inhabitants.
Culture
The order of the Melkite Basilian Sisters of Choueir , founded in 1737, built its first monastery here.
In the center of the city there is an Ottoman market ( Suq ), which was modernized in 1995 with arcades and cafes .
UNESCO lists Zouk Mikael as the City of Peace in 1999 .
In 2018, the Asian group's qualifying games for the 2019 World Basketball Championship took place in the Nouhad Nawfal Sports Complex .
Town twinning
The twin town is Rueil-Malmaison in France .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Welcome to Zouk Mikael - The Community. Retrieved November 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Villes jumelles ǀ Ville de Rueil-Malmaison. Retrieved November 21, 2019 .