Antelias
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Place details
- Locality
- النقاش
- Region
- محافظة جبل لبنان
- Country
- لبنان
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Antelias
- Settlement.native_name
- أنطلياس
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ara
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Holy See of Cilicia.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Lebanon
- Settlement.pushpin_map_alt
- Map showing the location of Antelias within Lebanon
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Lebanon
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Mount Lebanon Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Official name
- أنطلياس
- Country
- Lebanon
- Located in
- French mandate of Lebanon
- Image
- Antelias Mar Elias.JPG
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Municipality
- Archaeological interest
- Historical interest
- Religion
- Geography
- Strategic position
- Commercial interest
- Touristic interest
- Cultural interest
- Notes
- References
- External links
Antelias () is a city in Lebanon in the Matn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate. It is located around 5 km to the north of Beirut.
== Etymology == The name is originally Greek, ἀντήλιος – from ἀντί(anti) "contra" and ἥλιος (helios) "sun" – meaning "facing the sun".