Middle East
Lebanon
Beqaa Governorate

Anjar

Anjar, also known as Hawsh Mousa, is a town of , near the border, located in the Bekaa Valley. The population is 2,400, consisting almost entirely of Armenians.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Lebanese town
  • Also known as: “‘Anjar”, “Al Qusur”, “Al Quşūr”, “Anjar Citadel”, “Anjar, Lebanon”, “El Qsoûr”, “Hansh Mousa”, “Haouch Moussa”, and “Ḩawsh Musá”
  • Address: زحلة

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bar Elias and Sawiri.

Town
is a town located in the , Bekaa Governorate, . With around 40,000 inhabitants, mostly Sunni Muslims, it is the second largest town, after , in the Zahlé District. is situated 5 km northwest of Anjar.

Village
or Souiri or Sawairy or es-Sawiri Arabic: الصويرة is a town in the eastern part of . Mayor is Mohamed Hamze Smiley Arabic: الرئيس محمد حمزه الصميلي Vice Mayor Mahmoud Mohammed Janbien Arabic: الرئيس محمود محمد جانبين is located in the West Bekaa District near the border, in the governorate of in the foothills of the eastern mountains. is situated 6 km southwest of Anjar.

Village
, is a local authority located in the of the in . is situated 9 km southwest of Anjar.

Anjar

Latitude
33.73232° or 33° 43′ 56″ north
Longitude
35.93352° or 35° 56′ 1″ east
Population
2,400
Elevation
920 metres (3,018 feet)
Open location code
8G5QPWJM+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 26932279
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
278925
Wiki­data ID
Q60977
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Anjar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حوش موسى”
  • Arabic: “عنجر”
  • Armenian: “Անջար”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əncər”
  • Basque: “Anjar”
  • Belarusian: “Анджар”
  • Bengali: “আনজার, লেবানন”
  • Burmese: “အန်းဂျာမြို့ ၊ လက်ဘနွန်”
  • Catalan: “Anjar”
  • Chinese: “安杰尔”
  • Croatian: “Andžar”
  • Czech: “Andžár”
  • Dutch: “Anjar”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عنجر”
  • Esperanto: “Anĝaro”
  • Finnish: “Anjar”
  • French: “Anjaar”
  • French: “Anjar”
  • French: “Chalcis sub Libanum”
  • Galician: “Anjar”
  • Georgian: “ანჯარი”
  • German: “Anjar”
  • Greek: “Anjar”
  • Greek: “Αντζάρ”
  • Greek: “Αρχαιολογικός Χώρος της Αντζάρ”
  • Hebrew: “אנג’ר”
  • Hebrew: “ענג’ר”
  • Hungarian: “Andzsar”
  • Hungarian: “Anjar”
  • Indonesian: “Anjar, Lebanon”
  • Irish: “Anjar”
  • Italian: “Anjar”
  • Japanese: “アンジャル”
  • Lithuanian: “Andžaras”
  • Macedonian: “Анџар”
  • Malayalam: “അഞ്ചാർ”
  • Maltese: “Anjar”
  • Mazanderani: “عنجر”
  • Mingrelian: “ანჯარი”
  • Mongolian: “Анжар”
  • Nepali: “अन्जर, लेबनान”
  • Nepali: “अन्जर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aanjar”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Anjar”
  • Norwegian: “Aanjar”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Anjar”
  • Panjabi: “ਅੰਜਰ, ਲੇਬਨਾਨ”
  • Persian: “انجار”
  • Polish: “Andżar”
  • Portuguese: “Anjar”
  • Russian: “Анджар”
  • Russian: “Анжар”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Andžar”
  • Slovenian: “Andžar”
  • Spanish: “Anjar”
  • Swedish: “Anjar”
  • Swedish: “Gerrha”
  • Swedish: “Haoush Mousa”
  • Tatar: “Әнҗар каласы”
  • Turkish: “Encer”
  • Ukrainian: “Анджар”
  • Urdu: “عنجر، لبنان”
  • Urdu: “عنجر”
  • Vietnamese: “Anjar, Liban”
  • Vietnamese: “Anjar”
  • Western Armenian: “Այնճար”
  • Western Frisian: “Anjar”
  • Western Panjabi: “قلعہ انجار”

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