Baalbek District

Baalbek District (Arabic: قضاء بعلبك) is an administrative district^{[citation needed]} in the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate of the Republic of Lebanon,^[1] having the city Baalbek as its capital. It is by far the largest district in the country comprising a total of 2,319 km² (895 sq mi).

Baalbek District
District
قضاء بعلبك
Shmistar, Baalbek District
Location in Lebanon
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Baalbek-Hermel Governorate
Capital	Baalbek
Area
• Total	2,319 km2 (895 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate  (31 December 2017)	387,935
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Major towns of the district are Hallanieh, Temnin el Fawka, Chmestar, Duris, Jdeide, Kasarnaba and Bodai

Demographics

According to registered voters in 2014:

Year	Christians					Muslims				Druze
	Total	Maronites	Greek Catholics	Greek Orthodox	Other Christians	Total	Shias	Sunnis	Alawites	Druze
2014[2]	16.26%	8.76%	6.13%	1.09%	0.28%	83.31%	67.11%	16.19%	0.01%	0.01%