Halba
Halba is the capital of Akkar Governorate in northern Lebanon, close to the border with Syria. It is located at around. Its population is divided between Sunni Muslims, Greek Orthodox, Maronites, and followers of other religions.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 4,730 residents
- Description: human settlement in Lebanon
- Also known as: “‘Akkār”, “Aakar”, “Akkar”, “Ḩalbā”, “Halba, Lebanon”, and “Halbe”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Miniara and Jebrayel.
Miniara
Village
Miniara is a village in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon, 9 kilometers east of the Mediterranean Sea, and 3 kilometers south of Halba. The population is between 7,000 and 10,000.
Jebrayel
Village
Jebrayel is a small town in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. The population in Jebrayel is mainly Antiochian Orthodox Church Christians. Jebrayel is situated 5 km southeast of Halba.
Hisah
Village
Hisah, also spelled Hokr el Haïssa, Haysa, Hayssa, El Haïssa or Hisa, is a northern Lebanese village in the Akkar Governorate, close to the Syrian border. It is mostly inhabited by Alawites and Sunni Muslims. Hisah is situated 6 km northwest of Halba.
Halba
- Categories: human settlement, village/town/city in Lebanon, and locality
- Location: Akkar Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.54502° or 34° 32′ 42″ northLongitude
36.07795° or 36° 4′ 41″ eastPopulation
4,730Elevation
157 metres (515 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 4519119272OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Halba” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حلبا”
- Arabic: “عكار”
- Armenian: “Հալբա”
- Azerbaijani: “Həlba”
- Belarusian: “Хальба”
- Catalan: “Halba”
- Chinese: “哈勒巴”
- Dutch: “Halba”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حلبا”
- French: “Halba”
- German: “Halba”
- Greek: “Χάλμπα”
- Hebrew: “חלבא”
- Irish: “Halba”
- Italian: “Halba”
- Japanese: “ハルバ”
- Latvian: “Halba”
- Malay: “Halba, Lubnan”
- Malay: “Halba”
- Mingrelian: “ჰალბა”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Halba”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Halba”
- Norwegian: “Halba”
- Persian: “حلبا”
- Polish: “Halba”
- Romanian: “Halba, Liban”
- Romanian: “Halba”
- Russian: “Хальба”
- Scots: “Halba”
- Slovenian: “Halba”
- Spanish: “Halba”
- Tajik: “Ҳалбо”
- Turkish: “Halba”
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