Bkerké
Bkerké is the episcopal see of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, located 350 m above the bay of Jounieh, northeast of Beirut, in Lebanon.
- Monastery
- …lies at an elevation of 650 metres (2,133 feet)
- Description: human settlement in Lebanon
- Also known as“Bkerki”“Bkirkī”“Bu Kirkī”“Deir Bukerka”
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Marist College Champville
College
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4 km southwest of Bkerké
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Bkerké
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Latitude
33.96791° or 33° 58′ 5″ north
Longitude
35.63381° or 35° 38′ 2″ east
Open location code
8G5QXJ9M+5G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity = monastery
OpenStreetMap feature
building = monastery
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Bkerké” goes by many names.
بكركيArabic
БкеркеBulgarian
BkerkéCatalan
貝凱克Chinese
Bkerké klosterDanish
BkerkéDutch
بكركىEgyptian Arabic
ΜπκερκέGreek
בכרכיHebrew
BkerkéIrish
BkerkéItalian
ブケルケJapanese
Bkerké klosterLatin
Bkerké klosterNorwegian Bokmål
BkerkePampanga
BkerkePolish
BkerkéScots
بكركيScots
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