Akkar

Akkar District is the only district in , . 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.
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  • 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.

Village
is a small town in , . The population in is mainly Antiochian Orthodox Church Christians. is situated 3½ km west of Akkar.

Village
, also spelled Tasha, is a town in , . The population of is Sunni Muslim and Maronite. is situated 4½ km southeast of Akkar.

Village
is a village in , . Its population is mostly composed of Greek Orthodox numbering around 737 eligible voters according to the civil state registers. is situated 6 km north of Akkar.

Akkar

Latitude
34.5333° or 34° 32′ north
Longitude
36.1667° or 36° 10′ east
Population
390,000
Elevation
489 metres (1,604 feet)
Open location code
8G6RG5M8+8M
Geo­Names ID
280572
Wiki­data ID
Q419697
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Satellite Map

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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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