Place:Zahle, Beqaa, Lebanon

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NameZahle
Alt namesZahlahsource: Wikipedia
Zahlésource: Times Atlas of the World (1985) plate 34
Zahlésource: Wikipedia
Zaḥlahsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCity
Coordinates33.6°N 35.933°E
Located inBeqaa, Lebanon
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Zahlé is the capital and the largest city of Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon. With around 150,000 inhabitants, it is the third largest city in Lebanon after Beirut and Tripoli and the fourth largest taking the whole urban area (the Jounieh urban area is larger).

Zahlé is located east of the capital Beirut, close to the Beirut-Damascus road, and lies at the junction of the Lebanon mountains and the Beqaa plateau, at a mean elevation of 1,000 m. Zahlé is known as the "Bride of the Beqaa" and "the Neighbor of the Gorge" for its geographical location and attractiveness, but also as "the City of Wine and Poetry". . It is famous throughout Lebanon and the region for its pleasant climate, numerous riverside restaurants and quality arak. Its inhabitants are predominantly Melkite Greek Catholic and are known in Arabic as Zahlawi.

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