Bcheale
Bchaaleh, alternatively spelled Bcheale, Bchealeh or Bshaaleh, is a village in the Batroun District of the North Governorate in Lebanon. It had 1,456 eligible voters in the 2009 elections, and the residents mainly belonged to the Maronite Church.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Bchaale”, “Bchaalé”, “Bchaaleh”, “Bchéla”, “Bchélé”, “Bisha‘lah”, “Bishālah”, “Bshālā”, and “Bshi‘lahl”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sisters Olive Trees of Noah.
Sisters Olive Trees of Noah
The Sisters Olive Trees of Noah are a grove of sixteen olive trees in the Lebanese town of Bcheale. According to local folklore, the trees are at least 5,000 years old, perhaps even 6,000 years old or older.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jaj and Lehfed.
Jaj
Village
Jaj is a mountainous village in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is 68 kilometers north of Beirut. Jaj has an average elevation of 1,220 meters above sea level and a total land area of 1,174 hectares. Jaj is situated 5 km southwest of Bcheale.
Lehfed
Village
Lehfed is a municipality in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is 55 kilometers north of Beirut. Lehfed has an average elevation of 1000 meters above sea level and a total land area of 542 hectares. Lehfed is situated 6 km southwest of Bcheale.
Tannourine
Village
Photo: Canaïma, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tannourine is a Lebanese town located in the Batroun District, part of the Governorate of North Lebanon, 80 km from the capital Beirut. Tannourine is formed by a cluster of mountain settlements located in the highs of the Batroun District, the largest of which is Tannourine El-Fawqa, followed by Chatine,Tannourine El-Tahta, and Wata Houb. Tannourine is situated 7 km east of Bcheale.
Bcheale
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: North Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.20394° or 34° 12′ 14″ northLongitude
35.82736° or 35° 49′ 39″ eastElevation
1,162 metres (3,812 feet)Open location code
8G6Q6R3G+HWOpenStreetMap ID
node 5236992666OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Bcheale” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بشعلة”
- Arabic: “بشعلي”
- Dutch: “Bcheale”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بشعلى”
- French: “Bchaaleh”
- Hebrew: “בשעלי”
- Irish: “Bcheale”
- Italian: “Bcheeleh”
- Persian: “بشعلی”
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