Dibbiyeh
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Dibbiyeh or Debbiyeh () is a Lebanese village in the Iqlim al-Kharrub part of the Chouf district mountains, located roughly 30 kilometers south of Beirut, Lebanon. It is considered to be a midway point between the capital and the rest of Mount Lebanon. Debbiyeh is bordered by the towns of Saadiyat and Dahr-el-Mghara to the east and south and the town of Bourjein to the west and north. The town is one of the largest municipalities in Lebanon by surface size. Fairuz, a popular Lebanese singer, recounted spending summers in Dibbiyeh with her grandmother as a child.
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- الدبية
- Region
- محافظة جبل لبنان
- Country
- لبنان
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- Country
- Lebanon
- Located in
- Chouf District
- Area
- 16.61
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Dibbiyeh or Debbiyeh () is a Lebanese village in the Iqlim al-Kharrub part of the Chouf district mountains, located roughly 30 kilometers south of Beirut, Lebanon. It is considered to be a midway point between the capital and the rest of Mount Lebanon. Debbiyeh is bordered by the towns of Saadiyat and Dahr-el-Mghara to the east and south and the town of Bourjein to the west and north. The town is one of the largest municipalities in Lebanon by surface size. Fairuz, a popular Lebanese singer, recounted spending summers in Dibbiyeh with her grandmother as a child.
==Etymology== The town's name is derived from "Ze'biyeh", which in Aramaic means "the place of wolves". It is believed that it used to be home to a large number of grey wolves in the past.
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