Hasbaya
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Place details
- Locality
- حاصبيا
- Region
- محافظة النبطية
- Country
- لبنان
- Population
- 0
- Timezone
- Asia/Beirut
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Hasbaya
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Citadelle Hasbaya.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Hasbaya Citadel
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Lebanon
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Lebanon
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Nabatieh Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Lebanon
- Located in
- Hasbaya District
- Area
- +21.89
- Elevation
- +900
- Capital of
- Hasbaya District
- Image
- Citadelle Hasbaya.jpg
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Crusader period
- Mamluk period
- Ottoman period
- Modern period
- Geography
- Demographics
- Sites of interest
- The Citadel
- More
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Hasbaya or Hasbeiya () is a municipality in Lebanon, situated at the foot of Mount Hermon, overlooking a deep amphitheatre from which a brook flows to the Hasbani River. In 1911, the population was about 5,000.
The town was a traditional seat of the Chehab family, local rulers under Ottoman suzerainty. They built the Chehabi Citadel, a prominent landmark in the town.