Aley District

Aley is a district in , , to the south-east of the Lebanon's capital . The capital is which was known as the "bride of the summers" in the 1960 and 1970s, when the city was an attractive tourist location.
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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.

Village
or Bayssour is a village located in the Aley District of . It is 850 metres above sea level and shares a border with , Kaifoun, Kabr Shmoon, Majdlaya, and .

Village
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, is a town in which makes up one of the 70 towns and villages in the Lebanese district of Aley. It has an estimated population of 3,000. is situated 4½ km northwest of Aley District.

Village
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, is a village in the Aley District of . Bechara El Khoury, Lebanon's first president after independence, was born in on August 10, 1890. The town is located in a mountainous area. is situated 4½ km south of Aley District.

Aley District

Latitude
33.7757° or 33° 46′ 32″ north
Longitude
35.593° or 35° 35′ 35″ east
Elevation
650 metres (2,133 feet)
Open location code
8G5QQHGV+75
Geo­Names ID
280424
Wiki­data ID
Q246077
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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”

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