Qabb Ilyas
Qabb Ilyas also spelled Kab Elias, Qab Elias, Qob Elias, Qoub Elias) is a municipality in Zahle District, in eastern Lebanon. Qabb Ilyas is 15 kilometers from Zahleh and 45 kilometers from the Lebanese capital Beirut.Photo: Rasvegas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 50,000 residents
- Description: human settlement in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Kab Elias”, “Kabelias”, “Qab Elias”, “Qabb Elias”, “Qabb Eliâs”, “Qabb Ilyās”, “Qob Elias”, and “Qubb Ilyās”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chtaura and Taalabaya.
Chtaura
Town
Photo: Eternalsleeper, Public domain.
Chtaura is a town in Lebanon in the fertile Beqaa valley located between the Mount Lebanon and Syria. It is located halfway on the Beirut–Damascus highway. Chtaura is situated 3 km northeast of Qabb Ilyas.
Taalabaya
Village
Taalabaya, is a village located in the Zahlé District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon. Taalabaya is situated 4½ km northeast of Qabb Ilyas.
Saadnayel
Town
Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saadnayel is a town in the Bekaa Valley in the Zahlé District of Lebanon. It has a population of around 20,000 Lebanese, mostly Sunni Muslims. Saadnayel lies 47 kilometres from Beirut. Saadnayel is situated 6 km northeast of Qabb Ilyas.
Qabb Ilyas
- Categories: human settlement, municipality of Lebanon, and locality
- Location: Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.79849° or 33° 47′ 55″ northLongitude
35.82562° or 35° 49′ 32″ eastPopulation
50,000Elevation
933 metres (3,061 feet)Open location code
8G5QQRXG+96OpenStreetMap ID
node 5247625030OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
269696Wikidata ID
Q12232099
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Qabb Ilyas” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قب إلياس”
- Arabic: “قب الياس”
- Dutch: “Kabelias”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قب الياس”
- French: “Kab Elias”
- German: “Kab Elias”
- German: “Qabb Ilvas”
- German: “Qabb Ilyas”
- Irish: “Kabelias”
- Italian: “Kab Elias - Wadi el Deloum”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kabelias”
- Persian: “قب الیاس”
- Urdu: “قب الیاس”
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