Mount Lebanon

Mount Lebanon is a region of . The Mount Lebanon region is an outdoor adventure-lover's paradise. With high, snow-capped mountains running north to south through the center of the country, this region offers a rocky, rugged terrain that is perfect for a variety of outdoor sports and adventure activities.
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, also known by its Arabic name of Jbeil, is an ancient Phoenician city located about 35 kilometers north of the capital in modern day . The city has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is a popular daytrip from the capital.

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is a city in . It is closely associated with , the capital. is located 16 km to the north of Beirut.

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Deir al-Qamar is a city south-east of in south-central . It is located five kilometres outside of in the of the Mount Lebanon Governorate at 800 m of average altitude.

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is a town and municipality located in the of the of . The town is about 20 kilometres north of .

Mount Lebanon

Latitude of center
33.7641° or 33° 45′ 51″ north
Longitude of center
35.6043° or 35° 36′ 15″ east
Population
1,680,000
Elevation
895 metres (2,936 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13321742667
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
273607
Wiki­data ID
Q216945
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Wu Chinese—“Mount Lebanon” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሊባኖስ 산”
  • Arabic: “جبل لبنان (محافظة)”
  • Arabic: “محافظة جبل لبنان”
  • Armenian: “Լեռնային Լիբանան”
  • Armenian: “Լեռնային Լիբանանի մարզ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cəbəl Lübnan mühafəzəsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Livan Dağı”
  • Basque: “Libano Mendiko eskualdea”
  • Belarusian: “Горны Ліван”
  • Belarusian: “Джэбэль Лібан”
  • Bengali: “মাউন্ট লেবানন গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bengali: “মাউন্ট লেবানন”
  • Bulgarian: “Горен Ливан”
  • Bulgarian: “Планина Ливан”
  • Catalan: “governació del Mont Líban”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای کێوی لوبنان”
  • Chinese: “山省”
  • Chinese: “黎巴嫩山省”
  • Czech: “Horský Libanon”
  • Danish: “Mount Lebanon Governorate”
  • Dutch: “Gouvernement Jabal Lubnan”
  • Dutch: “Gouvernement Jabāl Lubnān”
  • Dutch: “Gouvernement Libanonberg”
  • Dutch: “Libanongebergte”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Lebanono”
  • Estonian: “Mägi-Liibanon”
  • Estonian: “Mägi-Liibanoni kubernerkond”
  • Finnish: “Mount Lebanonin kuvernoraatti”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Mont-Liban”
  • French: “gouvernorat du Mont-Liban”
  • French: “Gouvernorat du Mont-Liban”
  • French: “Mont Liban”
  • Georgian: “მთიანი ლიბანის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “Bergregion Libanon”
  • German: “Gouvernement Libanonberg”
  • German: “LB-JL”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο της Οροσειράς του Λιβάνου”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο του Όρους Λιβάνου”
  • Gujarati: “માઉન્ટ લેબનોન ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hausa: “Dutsen Libanan”
  • Hebrew: “הר הלבנון”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז הר הלבנון”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז הר לבנון”
  • Hindi: “जबल लिबनान​ प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “जबल लिबनान प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “माउंट लेबनान गवर्नरेट”
  • Hungarian: “Libanon-hegy kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Governorat gunung lebanon”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Gunung Lebanon”
  • Italian: “governatorato del Monte Libano”
  • Italian: “Governatorato del Monte Libano”
  • Italian: “Monte Libano”
  • Japanese: “レバノン山地”
  • Japanese: “レバノン山地県”
  • Japanese: “レバノン山岳県”
  • Japanese: “山岳レバノン県”
  • Javanese: “Gunung Libanon”
  • Kannada: “ಮೌಂಟ್ ಲೆಬನಾನ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Ливан Тауы”
  • Kirghiz: “Ливан Чокусу”
  • Korean: “레바논산주”
  • Latvian: “Kalnu Libānas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Kalnų Libano muchafaza”
  • Malay: “Gunung Libanon”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Gunung Lubnan”
  • Marathi: “माउंट लेबनॉन गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Mazanderani: “جبل استان (لبنان)”
  • Mazanderani: “جبل استان”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Guvernementet Libanonfjellene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Libanonfjellene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Guvernementet Libanonfjella”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Libanonfjella guvernement”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Libanonfjella”
  • Norwegian: “Libanonfjellene”
  • Oromo: “Gaaraan Lebinon”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਾਊਂਟ ਲੇਬਨਾਨ”
  • Persian: “استان جبل لبنان”
  • Persian: “جبل لبنان”
  • Persian: “کوه لبنان”
  • Polish: “Góry Liban”
  • Polish: “Gubernatorstwo Dżabal Lubnan”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Líbano”
  • Pushto: “د لبنان غره”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Munții Liban”
  • Russian: “Горный Ливан о́бласть”
  • Russian: “Горный Ливан”
  • Scots: “Moont Lebanon Govrenorate”
  • Scots: “Mount Lebanon Govrenorate”
  • Sinhala: “මවුන්ට් ලෙබනන් පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Gora Libanon”
  • Slovenian: “LB-JL”
  • Somali: “Buurta Lubnaan”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion del Monte Libano”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion del Monte Líbano”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación del Monte Libano”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación del Monte Líbano”
  • Spanish: “Monte Libano”
  • Swahili: “Mlima wa Lebanoni”
  • Swedish: “Libanonberget”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Kūhi Lubnon”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Кӯҳи Лубнон”
  • Tajik: “Қуллаи Лубнон”
  • Tamil: “மவுண்ட் லெபனான் கோவெர்னோரே”
  • Tamil: “லெபனான் மலை ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “லெபனான் மலை கவர்னரேட்”
  • Tatar: “Ливан Таулары”
  • Tatar: “Таулы Ливан”
  • Telugu: “మౌంట్ లెబనాన్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เมาท์ เลบานอน โกเวอโนเรท”
  • Turkish: “Cebel-i Lübnan İli”
  • Turkish: “Cebel-i Lübnan”
  • Turkish: “Lübnan Dağı ili”
  • Ukrainian: “Гірський Ліван”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ جبل لبنان”
  • Uzbek: “Livan Tog’i”
  • Uzbek: “Togʻli Livan muhofazasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Mount Lebanon”
  • Vietnamese: “Núi Liban”
  • Western Armenian: “Լեռնային Լիբանանի նահանգ”
  • Wu Chinese: “黎巴嫩山省”

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