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North Governorate (الشمال)
Governorate
Country Flag of Lebanon Lebanon
Capital Tripoli
Area 2,024. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Tripoli ( Lebanese Arabic: طرابلس Ṭrāblos or Ṭrēblos locally Ṭrōbles Standard Arabic: Ṭarābulus Τρίπολις Tripolis is the second-largest 8 km² (782 sq mi) [1]
Population 807,204 [1]
Timezone UTC+3
Language Arabic
Map of Lebanon with the North Governorate highlighted
Map of Lebanon with the North Governorate highlighted

North Governorate (Arabic: الشمال; transliterated: ash-Shamal) is one of the governorates of Lebanon. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. UTC+3 is used in the following locations Moscow Time Eastern European Summer Time West Asian Summer Time Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Different approaches and methods for the Romanization of Arabic exist |||} Lebanon is divided into six Governorates ( Muhafazah) listed with their capitals in parentheses Beirut ( Beirut Its capital is Tripoli. Tripoli ( Lebanese Arabic: طرابلس Ṭrāblos or Ṭrēblos locally Ṭrōbles Standard Arabic: Ṭarābulus Τρίπολις Tripolis is the second-largest

Districts

The North Governorate is divided into districts, or aqdya. Kaza, qadaa, qaza, qazaa, or caza (قضاء qaḍāʾ, plural أقضية aqḍiyah; Ottoman Turkish pronunciation The districts are listed below (capitals in parentheses):

References

  1. ^ a b Lebanese Ministry of Environment: "Lebanon State of the Environment Report", Chapter 1, page 11, 2001.
Akkar (عكار is a district ( Qadaa) in the North Governorate, Lebanon. Halba (حلبا is the capital of Akkar District in North Governorate, Lebanon, close to the border with Syria. Batroun District (البترون is a district ( Qadaa) in the North Governorate, Lebanon, south of Tripoli. The coastal city of Batroun (Greek Βοτρύς Arabic البترون located in northern Lebanon is one of the oldest cities of the world Bsharri District is one of the 7 Districts ( Qadaa) of the North Governorate, Lebanon. Bsharri (also spelled Becharre, Bcharre, Bsharre; بْشَرِّيْ is a Lebanese city at 1650 m of altitude near the Kadisha Valley Amioun in أميون and other scripts of the name are most probably transliterated from the original Amyūn. The Tripoli District is a small but very densely populated district in the North Governorate of Lebanon. Tripoli ( Lebanese Arabic: طرابلس Ṭrāblos or Ṭrēblos locally Ṭrōbles Standard Arabic: Ṭarābulus Τρίπολις Tripolis is the second-largest Zgharta District (زغرتا is a District ( Qadaa) of the North Governorate, Lebanon. Zgharta, or Zghorta (زغرتا Arabic) is a large town in North Lebanon, with an estimated population of around 70000 Ehden (اٍهدن in Arabic) is a mountainous town situated in the heart of the northern mountains of Lebanon and on the southwestern slopes of Mount Makmal and Kornet
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