Melkite Christian communities in Lebanon

city in the South Governorate of Lebanon, also an ancient Phoenician city and the legendary birthplace of Europa and Elissa (Dido)

Zahlé () is a city in eastern Lebanon, and the capital and 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).

Marjayoun or Jdeidet Marjayoun (: Lebanese pronunciation ), also '''Marj 'Ayoun, Marjuyun or Marjeyoun (lit. "meadow of springs") and Jdeideh / Jdeida / Jdeidet Marjeyoun''', is a municipality in the Marjeyoun District, Nabatieh Governorate in Southern Lebanon.

human settlement in Lebanon

Jezzine ( Jizzīn) is a municipality in Lebanon, located from Sidon and south of Beirut. It is the capital of Jezzine District. Surrounded by mountain peaks, pine forests (like the Bkassine Pine Forest), and at an average altitude of 950 m (3,117 ft), it is the main summer resort and tourist destination of South Lebanon. The town is also known in Lebanon for the shrine of Our Lady of the Waterfall.

Qana (), also spelled Cana, Canna or Kana, is a municipality in southern Lebanon located southeast of the city of Tyre and north of the border with Israel, in an area historically known as Upper Galilee. Qana is known for its antiquity, as well as possibly being the place where Jesus of Nazareth and his mother Mary visited and attended a wedding. It is revered by Lebanese Christians and Muslims alike. The municipality is also known for the two massacres of civilian caused by the Israeli Defense Forces during military operations in Lebanon.

Aley () is a major city in Lebanon. It is the capital of the Aley District and fourth largest city in Lebanon.

Achrafieh () is an upper-class area in eastern Beirut, Lebanon. In strictly administrative terms, the name refers to a sector (secteur) centred on Sassine Square, the highest point in the city, as well as a broader quarter (quartier). In popular parlance, however, Achrafieh refers to the whole hill that rises above Gemmayze in the north and extends to Badaro in the south, and includes the Rmeil quarter.

Jdeidy ( translit. al-Judaydat), also Jdayde, Jdaideh and Jdeidet el-Matn, is a coastal municipality and the administrative capital of the Matn District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate.

Bteghrine (, also spelled Bteghrin and Btighrin) is a municipality in the Matn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon.

Harissa-Daraoun () is a municipality that consists of two villages, Harissa and Daraoun, in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The municipality mayor from 2016 until 2022 is Mr. Nizar Chemaly. The municipality is located 27 km north of Beirut. Its average elevation is 550 meters above sea level and its total land area is 435 hectares. Harissa is accessible from the coastal city of Jounieh either by road or by a nine-minute journey by a gondola lift, known as the Téléphérique. Harissa is home to an important Lebanese pilgrimage site, Our Lady of Lebanon. It

Maghdouché (, ) is a municipality in the South Governorate of Lebanon. It is located 50 km south of Beirut and 8 km southeast of Sidon. The village lies 3 km inland from the Mediterranean, occupying a hill with elevation ranging between 200 and 229 meters above sea level.

human settlement in Lebanon

human settlement in Lebanon

Yaroun (also spelled Yarun; ) is a municipality located in the Caza of Bint Jbeil in the Nabatieh Governorate in Lebanon.

Baabdat () is a town located in the Matn District of Mount Lebanon, 22 km from Beirut at an altitude ranging between 600 and 1100 meters above sea level. The lush pine forests that surround the town make it a very popular summer resort for those escaping the busy coastal cities of Lebanon, especially the capital, Beirut. The town's proximity to Brummana, one of Mount Lebanon's most active summer destinations, makes Baabdat a major tourist destination in the summer.

Kfarshima (), also spelled Kfarchima, is a town in the Baabda District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, southeast of Beirut and is part of Greater Beirut. The town is populated by Lebanese Christians: mainly Melkite Greek Catholic and Maronites, with smaller communities of Greek Orthodox and Protestant Evangelical Christians. Kfarshima was subject to heavy bombing during the Lebanese civil war since it was a primary fault line.

Machghara (), also spelled Mashghara, is a town in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon, situated in the Western Beqaa District and south of the Beqaa Governorate. It lies just to the northwest of Sohmor and southwest of Lake Qaraoun, south of Aitanit and north of Ain Et Tine, and 45km(28mi) south east of the capital Beirut. The Iskander Spring lies to the northeast of the village.

thumb|Shepherd Neolithic flint tools discovered at Kamouh el Hermel. 1. End scraper on a flake. 2. Transverse scraper and awl on a thin flake. 3. Borer on a flake blade. 4. Burin with a wide working edge on a heavy flake. All in matt brown flint.

Khenchara (Arabic: الخنشارة) is a village in Lebanon. It is situated in the Metn district (or qadaa) (Caza). It is located between Ghabet Bologna (غابة بولونيا), Bteghrine (بتغرين) and Dhour El Choueir - Ain el Sendianeh (ضهور الشوير - عين السنديانة).

human settlement in Lebanon

human settlement in Lebanon

human settlement in Lebanon

human settlement in Lebanon

Jieh (or Jiyé, Jiyeh, ) is a seaside town in Lebanon with an estimated population of 5000, 23 km south of Beirut, in the Chouf District via a 20-minute drive along the Beirut to Sidon highway south of the capital. In Phoenician times, it was known as Porphyreon and was a thriving natural seaport, which still functions today. The town is also known for its seven-kilometre sandy beach, which is a rarity along Lebanon's rocky coastline.

Barouk () is a village in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. Barouk is located 52 kilometers southeast of Beirut. Its average elevation is 1000 to 1200 meters above sea level and its total land area consists of 2,762 hectares. The village had 5,197 registered voters in 2010. Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze and Maronite and Melkite Christians.

human settlement in Lebanon

village in South Governorate, Lebanon

Ammatour () is a town and municipality in the Shouf (Al-Shouf) District in Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. It lies 57 km southeast of Beirut, at an elevation of between 800 and 1,050 meters above sea level. The name "Ammatour" is derived from the words 'Ain Maa Tour' (عين ماء طور), meaning the spring of the mountain. Ammatour is one of Lebanon's richest villages in sources of water with more than 365 springs, fountains, and a river located within its jurisdiction.

Kafarakab () (also spelled Kfarakab or Kfar Akab and pronounced "Kfara-ab" in Arabic) is the francophone spelling of the name of a village in the mountains of Lebanon. In Arabic, it means the home (Kfar: كفر) of the hawk (Akab: عقاب). The village, which is located in the Matn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, is of particular significance because it is one of the various historic points of origin of the Maalouf family. It was founded c. 1560 AD when three families of the Maalouf clan, living at the time across the valley in the village of Mhaydse, received permission from the ruling e

human settlement in Lebanon

Ajaltoun () is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 24 km (15 miles) north of Beirut. Ajaltoun's average elevation is 850 meters (2800') above sea level and its total land area is 612 hectares (1510 acres). The municipality consists of a twelve-member council, which as of 2025 was headed by Elie Sfeir with the Kelna Sawa list. In addition to the municipal council, two mukhtars (headmen), Abi Chaker and Jacko, also serve the town. The Virgin Mary Church, built by the Khazen sheikhs in 1647, the Saint Nicolas Church and

Bmahray (), is a village in the Aley District in Lebanon. It lies 41 km south-East of Beirut at an altitude of above sea level.

Falougha - Khalwat Falougha () is a municipality in the Baabda District of Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. The municipality consists of the villages of Falougha and Khalwat Falougha. It is 35 kilometers east of Beirut. Falougha - Khalwat Falougha has an average elevation of 1,250 meters above sea level and a total land area of 1,563 hectares. In 2016, Falougha had 3,400 registered voters while Khalwat Falougha had 600. There is a public school in the village with 150 students as of 2016 and a local hospital with thirty beds. There are seven companies that each employ over five employees op

Majdelyoun () is a municipality in Southern Lebanon located from Beirut and east of Sidon at an elevation of above sea level. Majdelyoun occupies . The village is bordered to the east by Salhieh and Kfarjarra, to the west by Haret Saida, top the north by Salhieh and Abra, and to the south by Ayn Ed Delb and Krayye.

Derdghaya () is a municipality in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.

human settlement in Lebanon

human settlement in Lebanon

human settlement in Lebanon

human settlement in Lebanon

human settlement in Lebanon

Fakiha (), also romanized Fakeha or Fekeheh, is a village in the Baalbek District of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon.

village in Lebanon

Ferzol (), also spelled Forzol, Ferzul or Fourzol, is a village located in the Zahlé District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon. It lies approximately six to eight kilometres north of Zahlé, the principal city of the Beqaa Valley, along the road toward Baalbek, at an elevation of roughly 1,000 metres above sea level. It is situated south of Nabi Ayla and west of Ablah. Today, Ferzol is home to a mostly Melkite Greek Catholic community, and is administratively part of the broader Zahlé municipality, though it maintains its own municipal council.

thumb|right|Warde ski station at 2000m Kfardebian (; also spelled Kfar Dibiane and also known as mazraat kfardebian) is a municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 45 kilometers north of Beirut. Its average elevation is 1,220 meters above sea level and its total land area is 2,960 hectares. Kfardebian inhabitants are predominantly Melkite and Maronite Christians.

Ainbal () is a village and municipality in the Chouf District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 50 kilometers southeast of Beirut. Its average elevation is 850 meters above sea level and its total land area is 360 hectares. In 2010, Ainbal had 1,813 registered voters. Ainbal's inhabitants are predominantly Druze.

Al-Qraiyah () is a municipality in the Sidon District of the South Governorate in Lebanon. ==History== In 1875 Victor Guérin described the village: "I went up to Krayeh, a village of 350 inhabitants, most of them Maronites. Beautiful plantations of fig and mulberry trees cover the slopes of the hill on the top of which it is situated."

Al-Aaddoussiyah (), also spelled Addoussieh, is a municipality in the Sidon District of the South Governorate in Lebanon. ==History== In 1875, in the late Ottoman era, Victor Guérin traveled in the region, and arrived at "A'ddousieh, a small village inhabited by a few Christian families, some Greek united, others Greek schismatics. Several cisterns and tombs dug into the rock in the form of pits indicate that this hamlet succeeded an ancient locality. To the north and at the bottom of the hill where it rises, is an abundant spring, in a valley planted with oranges and pomegranate trees." ==Dem

Al-Bramiyah (), also spelled Bramieh, is a municipality in the Sidon District of the South Governorate in Lebanon. It is located from Beirut.

Al-Helaliyah (), also spelled Hilalieh, is a municipality of Sidon in Lebanon. It is located from Beirut.

Bqosta () is a municipality in the Sidon District of the South Governorate in Lebanon. It is located from Beirut. ==History==

As-Salhiyah () is a municipality in the Sidon District of the South Governorate in Lebanon. It is located from Beirut.

village in Western Beqaa District, Beqaa Governorate

village in Lebanon

Karkha () is a municipality in the Jezzine District of the South Governorate of Lebanon. ==History== In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as a village called Kerkha es-Sufla located in "Aklim et-Tuffah, adjacent to Seida".

village in Lebanon

village in Nabatieh Governorate

Qaitouli () is a municipality in the Jezzine District of South Governorate in Lebanon. Qaitouli is about 72 km from the capital Beirut.