Btekhnay
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Btekhnay (; also spelled Btekhnai) is a municipality in the Baabda District of Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. It is located 42 kilometers east of Beirut. There is one public school in the village with 400 students as of 2016. Ten companies with over fifteen employees operate in the village. The villagers profess the Druze faith.
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Btekhnay (; also spelled Btekhnai) is a municipality in the Baabda District of Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. It is located 42 kilometers east of Beirut. There is one public school in the village with 400 students as of 2016. Ten companies with over fifteen employees operate in the village. The villagers profess the Druze faith.
==Geography== Btekhnay has a total land area of 263 hectares. Its average elevation is 1,000 meters above sea level. Neighboring municipalities include Qarnayel to the north, Deir al-Harf and Btebiat to the west, Bmariam to the south, and el-Qalaa to the east. It is located in the Mount Lebanon Governorate. It has a strategic place in Lebanon; it is close to the Bekaa Valley, Beirut, Bikfaya, and the Chouf.
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