Al-Qlayaa

Al-Qlayaa is a municipality in the in southern . The inhabitants are mainly Maronite Christians.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon
  • Also known as: “Al Qlay‘ah”, “Al Qleiaa”, “Al Qulay‘ah”, “El Qlaiaa”, “El Qlaïaa”, “El-Qlei‘ah”, “Klayaa”, “Qlaiaa”, and “قليعة”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Beaufort Castle and Tell Dibbine.

Castle
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Beaufort or Belfort Castle, known locally as Qal'at al-Shaqif or Shaqif Arnun, is a Crusader fortress in , , about 1 kilometre to the south-south-east of the village of . is situated 4 km west of Al-Qlayaa.

Archaeological site
is an archaeological site 2 km north of in the plain of El Marj in the . It dates at least to the Neolithic.

Photo: Bertilvidet, CC BY 2.5.
The was an army barracks complex originally used by the French military in the 1930s in , French Lebanon. Following the establishment of in 1946, it was used by the Lebanese military until the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War in 1975, during which time it came under the control of the South Lebanon Army, an -backed Lebanese Christian militia. is situated 4 km southeast of Al-Qlayaa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marjayoun and Khiam.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.
or Jdeidet , also Marj 'Ayoun, Marjuyun or Marjeyoun and Jdeideh / Jdeida / Jdeidet Marjeyoun, is a municipality in the Marjeyoun District, in .

Village
Photo: Leb500, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in , . Parts of are currently occupied by Israel as part of their occupation of southern Lebanon. is situated 3½ km east of Al-Qlayaa.

Village
is a municipality 7 kilometres south-east of , in , . The village is located approximately 8 kilometres from the border. is situated 4½ km west of Al-Qlayaa.

Al-Qlayaa

Latitude
33.33477° or 33° 20′ 5″ north
Longitude
35.57089° or 35° 34′ 15″ east
Elevation
652 metres (2,139 feet)
Open location code
8G5Q8HMC+W9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5866578737
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
279091
Wiki­data ID
Q3926508
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Satellite Map

Discover Al-Qlayaa from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Al-Qlayaa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “القليعة”
  • Dutch: “Qoley’a”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “القليعه”
  • French: “Klayaa”
  • French: “Qlayaa”
  • German: “Al Qulaia”
  • German: “Klayaa”
  • Hebrew: “קליעה”
  • Irish: “Qlaiaa”
  • Italian: “Al-Qoley’a”
  • Italian: “Klayaa”
  • Italian: “Qoley’a”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Qleiaa”
  • Norwegian: “Qleiaa”
  • Persian: “القلیعه، مرجعیون”
  • Persian: “القلیعه”
  • Spanish: “Klayaa”
  • Urdu: “القلیعہ”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Burj Al Muluk and Wadi Al Asafir.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Klayaa cemetery and Klayaa fire and military station.

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