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Place details
- Locality
- عنجر
- Region
- محافظة البقاع
- Country
- لبنان
- Population
- 2,400
- Timezone
- Asia/Beirut
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Lebanon
- Governorate
- Beqaa Governorate
- District
- Zahle District
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( EET )
- Summer dst
- +3
- Official name
- Anjar
- Type
- Cultural
- Criteria
- iii, iv
- Designated
- 1984 (8th session )
- Region
- Arab States
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Lebanon
- Official name
- عنجر
- Country
- Lebanon
- Located in
- Zahlé District
- Population
- +2400
- Area
- +20
- Elevation
- +950
- Official website
- www.mousaleranjar.com
- Image
- Anjar, Lebanon, Ancient ruins of the city of Anjar.jpg
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- P1435
- World Heritage Site
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
Anjar (meaning "unresolved or running river"; Arabic: عنجر / ALA-LC: ‘Anjar), also known as Hawsh Mousa (Arabic: حوش موسى / Ḥawsh Mūsá), is a town of Lebanon, near the Syrian border, located in the Bekaa Valley. The population is 2,400, consisting almost entirely of Armenians. The total area is about twenty square kilometers (7.7 square miles). Since 1984, the ruins of the Umayyad settlement of Anjar have been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
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