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Dekwaneh (or Dekweneh; Arabic: دكوانة) is a suburb north of Beirut in the Matn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. The population is predominantly Maronite Christian . [ 1 ] Tel al-Zaatar , an UNRWA administered Palestinian refugee camp housing approximately 50,000-60,000 refugees, and the site of the Tel al-Zaatar ...
City Region Population Beirut: Beirut Governorate: 2,402,485 Tripoli: North Governorate: 229,398 Sidon: South Governorate: 163,554 Baalbek: Baalbek-Hermel Governorate
Dekwaneh – Marroukouz – Daher al Hosein Dik El Mehdi Douar Fanar Ghabeh Ghabet Bologna – Wata el Mrouj Jal el Dib – Bkenneya Jdeideh – Bouchrieh – Sadd Bouchrieh Kaakour Kfarakab Kfertay Khenchara & Jouar Konnabat Broummana Kornet Chehwan – Ain Aar – Beit El Kekko & Hbous Majdel Tarchich Mansourieh – Mkalles – Daychounieh ...
It also comprises many towns and cities in the mountains in the Aley District, Baabda District and Metn District Districts, most notably being the cities of Baabda, Aley, Choueifat, Hazmieh, Sin el-Fil, Jdeideh, Bchamoun and Dekwaneh. The conurbation spreads south, east, and north of Beirut city.
Mar Roukoz is mostly a residential region. Notable places include the School of Engineering and the Faculty of Science of Saint Joseph University, as well as several country clubs, and a water park.
AUL started under the name of “Business and Computer University College” (BCU) with two faculties but later expanded by adding the faculty of Arts and Humanities to the Business Administration, and Sciences and Fine Arts faculties thus gaining the university status and changed its name to meet the expansion of its major offerings.
Behind the village there are the ruins of a Roman temple that still retains a central courtyard and a front colonnade composed of three columns. The temple was converted into a church and a chapel can be accessed via an opening in the west wall.
At the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War, the country was home to a large Palestinian population divided along political lines. [8] Tel al-Zaatar was a refugee camp of about 3,000 structures, which housed 20,000 refugees in early 1976, and was populated primarily by supporters of the As-Sa'iqa faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). [8]