Mount Lebanon Governorate

Mount Lebanon Governorate

Coordinates: 33°50′N 35°32′E / 33.833°N 35.533°E / 33.833; 35.533

Mount Lebanon (جبل لبنان)
Governorate
Country Lebanon
Capital Baabda
Area 1,985 km2 km2 (Expression error: Unrecognised word "km" sq mi)
Timezone UTC+3
Languages Arabic, French

Mount Lebanon (Arabic: جبل لبنان‎ Ǧabal Libnān) is one of the Governorates of Lebanon. Its capital is Baabda. The overwhelming majority of its population is Maronites, Greek Orthodox, and Melkite Greek Catholic Christians.[citation needed] However, there are also many Muslims in the area, and there is the Druze community.

Mount
Lebanon
Kesrwan

Districts

The governorate is divided into 6 districts (Aqdya, singular - qadaa or Caza) which are:

Religion in Mount Lebanon Governorate

Christians makes the majority with 67.32%; Druze makes the second most with 18.47%; Sunnis makes the third with 7.33%; Shia are the last with 6.88%.

See also

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