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Beqaa Governorate

Beqaa is a governorate in and one of the eight districts of the country. It is located in the eastern part of Lebanon and borders with . The capital of the district is the city of .
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  • Type: State with 750,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Lebanon
  • Also known as: “Beqaa”, “Béqaa”, “Mohafazat Beqaa”, and “Muḩāfaz̧at al Biqā‘”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dakoue Roman temple.

Archaeological site
Dakoue is a village located 3 kilometres southwest of Mejdel Anjar, . It is predominantly inhabited by shepherds and farmers.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Joub Jannine and Sultan Yacoub.

Town
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is a city located in the in . serves as the capital of West Beqaa and it is the center of the , hosting the Serail, which is a main governmental building serving the entire area.

Village
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is a village in the West Beqaa District, about seven kilometers from the border with .

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 Beqaa in the foothills of the eastern mountains.

Beqaa Governorate

Latitude
33.6604° or 33° 39′ 38″ north
Longitude
35.8425° or 35° 50′ 33″ east
Population
750,000
Elevation
870 metres (2,854 feet)
Open location code
8G5QMR6V+52
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13321742662
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
280282
Wiki­data ID
Q319632
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Beqaa Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “البقاع (محافظة)”
  • Arabic: “بقاع”
  • Arabic: “محافظة البقاع”
  • Armenian: “Բեկաայի մարզ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Biqa mühafəzəsi”
  • Basque: “Bekaa eskualdea”
  • Belarusian: “Бекаа”
  • Belarusian: “Бэкаа”
  • Belarusian: “Правінцыя Бекаа”
  • Bulgarian: “Бекаа”
  • Catalan: “Governació de la Bekaa”
  • Catalan: “Governació de la Beqaa”
  • Cebuano: “Mohafazat Béqaa”
  • Chinese: “貝卡省”
  • Chinese: “贝卡省”
  • Czech: “Bikáa”
  • Dutch: “Beka”
  • Dutch: “Beqaa Gouvernement”
  • Dutch: “Gouvernement Beqaa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة البقاع”
  • Estonian: “Bekaa kubernerkond”
  • Finnish: “Bekaan laakson hallintoalue”
  • French: “Bekaa”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de la Bekaa”
  • Galician: “Gobernación de Al-Biqa”
  • Georgian: “ბექაას მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “Bekaa”
  • German: “Gouvernement Bekaa”
  • German: “LB-BI”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Μπεκάα”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο της Μπεκάα”
  • Hebrew: “אל-בקאע”
  • Hindi: “बेक़आ प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Bekaa kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Bekaa”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Beqaa”
  • Italian: “Governatorato della Bekaa”
  • Italian: “governatorato della Beqa‘”
  • Italian: “Governatorato della Beqā”
  • Japanese: “ベカーア県”
  • Japanese: “ベッカー県”
  • Korean: “베카주”
  • Latvian: “Bekaas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Bekos muchafaza”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Beqaa”
  • Maltese: “Governorat ta‘ Beqaa”
  • Mazanderani: “بقاع استان”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Guvernementet Bekaa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Beqaa guvernement”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Guvernementet Beqaa”
  • Norwegian: “Bekaa”
  • Pampanga: “Beqaa Governorate”
  • Persian: “استان بقاع”
  • Polish: “Bekaa”
  • Polish: “Gubernatorstwo Al-Bika”
  • Polish: “Gubernatorstwo Bekaa”
  • Polish: “Muhafaza Bekaa”
  • Portuguese: “Beca”
  • Portuguese: “Beqaa”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Beqaa”
  • Russian: “Бекаа о́бласть”
  • Russian: “Бекаа”
  • Scots: “Beqaa Govrenorate”
  • Slovenian: “Beka”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Beca”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Becá”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Bekaa”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Bekaa”
  • Spanish: “Gobernatura de Beca”
  • Spanish: “Gobernatura de Bekaa”
  • Swedish: “Guvernementet Bekaa”
  • Swedish: “Mohafazat Béqaa”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Biqo‘”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Биқоъ”
  • Tamil: “பிக்கா ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “பெக்கா ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “பெக்கா கவர்னரேட்”
  • Tatar: “Бекаа мухафазасы”
  • Turkish: “Bikâ ili”
  • Turkish: “Bikâ‘ ili”
  • Turkish: “Bikâ”
  • Ukrainian: “Бекаа”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ بقاع”
  • Vietnamese: “Beqaa”
  • Western Armenian: “Պեքաա”
  • Western Armenian: “Պեքաայի Մարզ”
  • Wu Chinese: “贝卡省”

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