Blida
Blida is a municipality in Marjayoun District in southern Lebanon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Balīdā”, “Bleeda”, and “Blida, Lebanon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kedesh.
Kedesh
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kedesh was an ancient Canaanite and later Israelite settlement in Upper Galilee, mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. Its remains are located in Tel Kedesh, 3 km northeast of the modern Kibbutz Malkiya in Israel on the Israeli-Lebanese border. Kedesh is situated 3½ km southeast of Blida.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muhaibib and Mais al-Jabal.
Muhaibib
Village
Muhaibib, also spelled Mhaibib, is a municipality in the Marjayoun District in southern Lebanon. Muhaibib holds a shrine to Benjamin, who Islam considers a prophet, which attracts pilgrims and visitors.
Mais al-Jabal
Town
Mais al-Jabal or Mais aj-Jabal is a municipality in the Marjayoun District in Lebanon. Mais al-Jabal is situated 3½ km north of Blida.
Yiftah
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Yiftah is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located on the Naftali Mountains of the Upper Galilee, near the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 649. Yiftah is situated 3½ km east of Blida.
Blida
- Categories: village/town/city in Lebanon, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Mohafazat Nabatîyé, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.13983° or 33° 8′ 23″ northLongitude
35.51527° or 35° 30′ 55″ eastElevation
580 metres (1,903 feet)Open location code
8G5Q4GQ8+W4OpenStreetMap ID
node 5750126956OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Polish—“Blida” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بليدا”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بليدا”
- French: “Blida”
- German: “Blida (Süd-Libanon)”
- German: “Blida”
- Hebrew: “בלידא”
- Irish: “Blida”
- Italian: “Blida”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Blida”
- Norwegian: “Blida”
- Persian: “بلیدا، مرجعیون”
- Polish: “Blida”
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