Zahlé District

Zahlé District (Arabic: قضاء زحلة) is an administrative district of the Beqaa Governorate of the Republic of Lebanon. Its capital and largest town is the town of the same name. A reed-roofed town set among the eastern foothills of Mount Sannine. Zahlé was founded about 300 years ago in an area whose human habitation dates back some five millennia.^[1]

Zahlé
District
قضاء زحلة
Vineyards
Location in Lebanon
Country	Lebanon
Capital	Zahlé
Area
• Total	164 sq mi (425 km2)
Population
• Estimate  (31 December 2017)	336,382
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Main cities and towns

• Ali an Nahri
• Anjar (Hawsh Mousa)
• Barelias
• Jdita
• Majdal Anjar
• Qâa er Rîm
• Qabb Ilyas - Wadi el Deloum
• Rayaq - Haouch Hala
• Saadnayel
• Taalabaya
• Zahlé - Maalaka

Other settlements

• Ablah
• Ain Kfar Zabad
• Bouarij
• Chtaura
• Dalhamiye
• Deir el Ghazal
• Ferzol
• Haoush el Ghanam
• Haoush Hala
• Hay el Fikani
• Hezerta
• Kfar Zabad
• Makse
• Masa
• Mrayjat
• Nabi Ayla
• Nasriyet Rizk
• Niha Bekaa
• Qousaya
• Raait
• Taanayel
• Tal Amara
• Terbol

Demographics

Kabelias municipal garden, Zahlé District

The Zahlé district is one of the most diverse regions in Lebanon. The area is also home to a modest Armenian Orthodox and Catholic population, who have historically resided near the Anjar area of the district.

Year	Christians								Muslims				Druze
	Total	Greek Catholics	Maronites	Greek Orthodox	Armenian Orthodox	Syriac Orthodox	Armenian Catholics	Other Christians	Total	Sunnis	Shias	Alawites	Druze
2014[2]	55.95%	17.79%	16.70%	9.91%	5.25%	3.07%	1.07%	2.16%	43.12%	27.49%	15.62%	0.01%	0.53%

See also

• 2011 Estonian cyclists abduction