Bsharri District

Bsharri District is one of the six districts of the North Governorate, . Bsharri District has an elevation of 915 metres.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: district of Lebanon
  • Description: district in North Governorate, Lebanon
  • Also known as: “Baharri”, “Bécharré”, “Caza de Becharre”, and “Qaḑā’ Bsharrī”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monastery of our Lady of Qannoubine Qadisha and Monastery of St Anthony of Qozhaya.

Place of worship
Qannoubine is a medieval monastery located within the Qannoubine region of the Kadisha Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site in .

Monastery
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Monastery of Saint Anthony of Qozhaya, or Monastery of Qozhaya is a large and important Maronite monastery. It is located in the in the of . is situated 4 km northwest of Bsharri District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bsharri and Hasroun.

Town
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is a town located in the district of the same name, , situated at altitudes between 1,100 m and 3,088 m. is the location of the , a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the only remaining place where the Cedrus libani tree grows natively. is situated 4 km east of Bsharri District.

Village
is a village located in the Bsharri District in the of . It is situated in the Valley of Qadisha, overlooking the southern branch of this valley, the Qannoubine Valley.

Town
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is a mountainous city in the heart of the northern mountains of and on the southwestern slopes of Mount Makmal in the . Its residents are the people of , as it is within the . is situated 4½ km north of Bsharri District.

Bsharri District

Latitude
34.2505° or 34° 15′ 2″ north
Longitude
35.9665° or 35° 57′ 60″ east
Elevation
915 metres (3,002 feet)
Open location code
8G6Q7X28+6J
Geo­Names ID
276358
Wiki­data ID
Q2484852
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Bsharri District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قضاء بشري”
  • Cebuano: “Caza de Bécharré”
  • Chinese: “卜舍里區”
  • Chinese: “卜舍里縣”
  • Dutch: “Bsharri”
  • French: “district de Bcharré”
  • French: “District de Bcharré”
  • Galician: “Bsharri”
  • German: “Distrikt Bcharreh”
  • German: “Distrikt Bischarri”
  • Hebrew: “בשרי”
  • Hebrew: “נפת בשרי”
  • Italian: “distretto di Bsharre”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Bsharre”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bsharri distrikt”
  • Persian: “شهرستان بشری”
  • Polish: “Dystrykt Baszarri”
  • Polish: “Kada Baszarri”
  • Portuguese: “Bsharri”
  • Russian: “Бишари (район)”
  • Russian: “Бишари”
  • Scots: “Bsharri Destrict”
  • Swedish: “Caza de Bécharré”
  • Turkish: “Bişerri İlçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Бішарі (район)”
  • Ukrainian: “Бішарі”
  • Urdu: “بشری ضلع”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع بشری”

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