Akkar
Akkar District is the only district in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. It is coextensive with the governorate and covers an area of 788 km2. The UNHCR estimated the population of the district to be 389,899 in 2015, including 106,935 registered refugees of the Syrian Civil War and 19,404 Palestinian refugees.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: district of Lebanon with 390,000 residents
- Description: district of Lebanon
- Also known as: “’Akkar”, “Aakkâr”, “Akkar District”, “Caza Aakkar”, “Caza de Aakkar”, and “Qaḑā’ ‘Akkār”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jebrayel and Tachaa.
Jebrayel
Village
Jebrayel is a small town in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. The population in Jebrayel is mainly Antiochian Orthodox Church Christians. Jebrayel is situated 3½ km west of Akkar.
Tachaa
Village
Tachaa, also spelled Tasha, is a town in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. The population of Tachaa is Sunni Muslim and Maronite. Tachaa is situated 4½ km southeast of Akkar.
Charbila
Village
Charbila is a village in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. Its population is mostly composed of Greek Orthodox numbering around 737 eligible voters according to the civil state registers. Charbila is situated 6 km north of Akkar.
Akkar
- Location: Akkar Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Akkar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عكار”
- Arabic: “قضاء عكار”
- Arabic: “محافظة عكار”
- Armenian: “Աքքարի շրջան”
- Azerbaijani: “Əkkar mühafəzəsi”
- Catalan: “Akkar”
- Cebuano: “Caza de Aakkâr”
- Chinese: “阿卡爾區”
- Chinese: “阿卡縣”
- Dutch: “Akkar”
- French: “district de l’Akkar”
- French: “District de l’Akkar”
- German: “Distrikt Akkar”
- German: “LB-AK”
- Hebrew: “נפת עכאר”
- Hebrew: “עכאר”
- Italian: “distretto di Akkar”
- Italian: “Distretto di Akkar”
- Japanese: “アッカール郡”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Akkar”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akkar distrikt”
- Persian: “شهرستان عکار”
- Persian: “عکار”
- Persian: “قضاء عکار”
- Polish: “Dystrykt Akkar”
- Polish: “Kada Akkar”
- Portuguese: “Acar”
- Portuguese: “Akkar”
- Romanian: “Districtul Akkar”
- Russian: “Аккар”
- Russian: “район Аккар”
- Scots: “Akkar Destrict”
- Slovenian: “distrikt Akar”
- Slovenian: “LB-AK”
- Spanish: “Accar”
- Spanish: “Akkar”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Accar”
- Swedish: “Caza de Aakkâr”
- Turkish: “Akkar bölgesi”
- Turkish: “Akkar İlçesi”
- Ukrainian: “Аккар (район)”
- Ukrainian: “Аккар”
- Urdu: “عکار ضلع”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع عکار”
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