Souk El Gharb
Souk El Gharb, is a town located in the Aley District, Mount Lebanon Governorate, in Lebanon and its name translates to "Western Market". Before the Lebanese Civil War, this mountain town surrounded by pine woods was a prosperous mountain resort nestled in the mountains of the Aley District of Mount Lebanon, overlooking Saint George Bay and Beirut.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Souq el Gharb” and “Sūq al Gharb”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Silk Museum.
Silk Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Bsous Silk Museum is a silk museum in the town of Bsous near Wadi Chahrour in Lebanon, located around 15 kilometres east of Beirut. Silk Museum is situated 2½ km north of Souk El Gharb.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bdadoun and Houmal.
Bdadoun
Village
Bdadoun, is a town in Mount Lebanon which makes up one of the 70 towns and villages in the Lebanese district of Aley. It has an estimated population of 3,000.
Houmal
Village
Houmal is a town in Mount Lebanon which makes up one of the 70 towns and villages in the district of Aley. It is 400 meters above sea level and 25 kilometres from the capital Beirut.
Baissour
Village
Baissour or Bayssour, is a village located in the Aley District of Mount Lebanon. It is 850 metres above sea level and shares a border with Aley, Kaifoun, Kabr Shmoon, Majdlaya, and Ainab. Baissour is situated 3 km south of Souk El Gharb.
Souk El Gharb
- Categories: human settlement and municipality of Lebanon
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Souk El Gharb” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سوق الغرب”
- Catalan: “Souk El Gharb”
- Chinese: “蘇克埃爾加爾布”
- Dutch: “Souk El Gharb”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سوق الغرب”
- French: “Souk El Gharb”
- German: “Souk El Gharb”
- Italian: “Souk el Gharb”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Souk El Gharb”
- Persian: “سوق الغرب”
- Polish: “Suk al-Gharb”
- Spanish: “Souk El Gharb”
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