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Religious map of Lebanon by municipality according to municipal elections data. The Druze are located in the areas known as the Matn, Gharb, Chouf, Wadi-al Taym, Beirut and its suburbs, and the Druze make up the majority in cities like Aley, Choueifat, Rashaya, Ras el-Matn and Baakleen.
A map of religious and ethnic communities of Syria and Lebanon (1935) According to the CIA World Factbook , [ 17 ] in 2021 the Muslim population was estimated at 60% within Lebanese territory and 20% of the over 4 million [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Lebanese diaspora population.
Mosques in Beirut (5 P) Pages in category "Religious buildings and structures in Beirut" This category contains only the following page.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Pages in category "Churches in Beirut" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 ...
A map of religious and ethnic communities of Syria and Lebanon (1935) Before the Christian faith reached the territory of Lebanon, Jesus had traveled to its southern parts near Tyre where the scripture tells that he cured a possessed Canaanite child. [nb 1] [6] [7] Christianity in Lebanon is as old as gentile Christian faith itself.
Beirut (/ b eɪ ˈ r uː t /, bay-ROOT; [4] Arabic: بيروت, romanized: Bayrūt ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon.As of 2014, Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, [5] which makes it the fourth-largest city in the Levant region and the sixteenth-largest in the Arab world.
The archeparchy has an estimated population of 200,000 Melkite faithful in 2015. Its cathedral is dedicated to Saint Elias and its see is located in Beirut. It includes 114 priests, 83 men religious, 179 women religious, and 83 parishes. [3]
The religious geography of the capital Beirut was redrawn: 65,000 Shiite Muslims abandoned their neighborhoods, and Nabaa chout; from interior regions, in contrast, to the capital flowed 80,000 Maronites and Druzes. [3] As a result of the Civil War, West Beirut was progressively abandoned by Christians.