Akkar
Akkar Governorate is the northernmost governorate of Lebanon. It comprises the single district of Akkar, which in turn is subdivided into 121 municipalities.
- Type: State with 198,000 residents
- Description: Governorate in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Aakkâr”, “Aakkar Governorate”, “Aakkâr Governorate”, “Akkar Governorate”, “Gobernacion de Akkar”, “Mohafazat Aakkar”, and “Muḩāfaz̧at ‘Akār”
- Neighbors: North Lebanon
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Charbila and Jebrayel.
Akkar
- Categories: governorate of Lebanon and locality
- Location: Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.5555° or 34° 33′ 20″ north
Longitude
36.176° or 36° 10′ 33″ east
Population
198,000
Elevation
489 metres (1,604 feet)
Open location code
8G6RH54G+69
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Wu Chinese—“Akkar” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “አቃር”
- Arabic: “محافظة عكار”
- Azerbaijani: “Akkar”
- Azerbaijani: “Əkkar mühafəzəsi”
- Bengali: “আক্কার”
- Catalan: “Akkar”
- Cebuano: “Mohafazat Aakkâr”
- Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای عەکار”
- Chinese: “阿卡尔省”
- French: “Akkar”
- French: “gouvernorat de l’Akkar”
- French: “Gouvernorat du Akkar”
- Georgian: “აკარის მუჰაფაზა”
- German: “Akkar”
- German: “Gouvernement Akkar”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Ακάρ”
- Hausa: “Akkar”
- Hebrew: “מחוז עכאר”
- Hebrew: “עכאר”
- Hungarian: “Akkár kormányzóság”
- Italian: “Governatorato di Akkar”
- Japanese: “アッカール県”
- Japanese: “アッカル”
- Javanese: “Akkar”
- Kazakh: “Аккар”
- Kirghiz: “Аккар”
- Korean: “아카르주”
- Latvian: “Akāras muhāfaza”
- Malay: “Akkar”
- Malay: “Kegabenoran Akkar”
- Mazanderani: “عکار استان”
- Northern Frisian: “Akkaar (Guwernement)”
- Northern Frisian: “Akkaar”
- Oromo: “Akkar”
- Panjabi: “ਅੱਕਾਰ”
- Persian: “استان عکار”
- Persian: “عكار”
- Persian: “عکار، استان”
- Portuguese: “Akkar”
- Pushto: “عکار”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Akkar”
- Russian: “Аккар о́бласть”
- Russian: “Аккар”
- Slovenian: “Akar”
- Somali: “Akkar”
- Spanish: “Akkar”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Akkar”
- Swahili: “Akkar”
- Swedish: “Akkar”
- Tajik: “Аккар”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Аккор”
- Tamil: “அக்கார் ஆளுநரகம்”
- Tatar: “Аккар”
- Turkish: “Akkar ili”
- Turkish: “Akkar”
- Urdu: “محافظہ عکار”
- Uzbek: “Akkar”
- Wu Chinese: “阿卡尔省”
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