Aley District
Aley is a district in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, to the south-east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The capital is Aley. Aley city was previously known as the "bride of the summers" during the 1960 and 1970s, when Aley and neighboring Bhamdoune were attractive…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: district of Lebanon
- Description: district of Lebanon
- Also known as: “’Alayh”, “‘Āleih”, and “Qaḑā’ ‘Ālayh”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baissour and Bdadoun.
Baissour
Village
Baissour or Bayssour, is a village located in the Aley District of Mount Lebanon. It is 850 metres above sea level and shares a border with Aley, Kaifoun, Kabr Shmoon, Majdlaya, and Ainab.
Bdadoun
Village
Bdadoun, is a town in Mount Lebanon which makes up one of the 70 towns and villages in the Lebanese district of Aley. It has an estimated population of 3,000. Bdadoun is situated 4½ km northwest of Aley District.
Rechmaya
Village
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Rechmaya, is a village in the Aley District of Lebanon. Bechara El Khoury, Lebanon's first president after independence, was born in Rechmaya on August 10, 1890. The town is located in a mountainous area. Rechmaya is situated 4½ km south of Aley District.
Aley District
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Aley District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قضاء عاليه”
- Armenian: “Ալեյի շրջան”
- Azerbaijani: “Aley rayonu”
- Cebuano: “Caza de Aaley”
- Chinese: “阿萊區”
- Chinese: “阿萊縣”
- Dutch: “Aley”
- French: “District d’Aley”
- Galician: “distrito de Alai”
- German: “Distrikt Alayh”
- German: “Distrikt Aley”
- Hebrew: “נפת עאליה”
- Hebrew: “נפת עאליי”
- Hebrew: “עאליה”
- Hebrew: “עאליי”
- Italian: “distretto di Aley”
- Italian: “Distretto di Aley”
- Japanese: “アレイ郡”
- Lithuanian: “Alejaus rajonas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aley distrikt”
- Persian: “شهرستان عالیه”
- Persian: “قضاء عالیه”
- Polish: “Dystrykt Alajh”
- Polish: “Kada Alajh”
- Portuguese: “Aley”
- Romanian: “Districtul Aley”
- Russian: “Алайх”
- Russian: “Алей”
- Scots: “Aley Destrict”
- Slovenian: “Okrožje Alej”
- Swedish: “Aaley”
- Swedish: “Caza de Aaley”
- Turkish: “Aley Bölgesi”
- Turkish: “Aley İlçesi”
- Ukrainian: “Алей (район)”
- Ukrainian: “Алей”
- Urdu: “ضلع عالیہ”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع عالیہ”
Localities in the Area
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