Barja
Sign in to saveBarja (, also known as Barja al-Chouf) is a town and municipality in the Chouf District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. Barja is situated near the Mediterranean coast, 34 kilometers south of Beirut and at the midway point between the latter and Sidon. The town's total land area consists of 729 hectares and its highest point above sea level is documented at 310 meters. Barja had 12,888 registered voters in 2010, and eleven schools with a total of 2,788 students in 2006. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.
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- Settlement.name
- Barja
- Settlement.other_name
- Barja el-Chouf
- Settlement.native_name
- برجا
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ara
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_alt
- Barja
- Settlement.image_caption
- Downtown Barja
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Lebanon
- Settlement.pushpin_map_alt
- Location within Lebanon
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Lebanon
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Mount Lebanon
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Chouf
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 7.29
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 310
- Settlement.population_total
- 12,888
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Barja (, also known as Barja al-Chouf) is a town and municipality in the Chouf District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. Barja is situated near the Mediterranean coast, 34 kilometers south of Beirut and at the midway point between the latter and Sidon. The town's total land area consists of 729 hectares and its highest point above sea level is documented at 310 meters. Barja had 12,888 registered voters in 2010, and eleven schools with a total of 2,788 students in 2006. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.
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