Riyaq
Rayaq - Haouch Hala is a Lebanese town in the Beqaa Governorate near the city of Zahlé. In the early 20th century and up to the 1975 outbreak of the civil war, it was Lebanon's most important railway center, where the 1.05-m Beirut–Damascus line met the standard-gauge line north to Baalbek, Homs, and Aleppo.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 920 metres (3,010 feet)
- …is also known as “Rayak”
Places of Interest
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Rayak Air Base
Rayak Air Base is Lebanon's first air base and the…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Temnine El Tehta and Niha.
Temnine El Tehta
Village
Temnine Et Tahta is a village located in the…
4 km north of Riyaq
Riyaq
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Latitude
33.85° or 33° 51′ north
Longitude
36° east
Open location code
8G5RR2X2+X2
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Riyaq” goes by many names.
رياقArabic
里亞格Chinese
ریاقMazanderani
RiyaqNorwegian
RiyaqNorwegian Nynorsk
ریاق، لبنانPersian
RijakPolish
РајакSerbian
РайякUkrainian
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