Mount Lebanon
Mount Lebanon is a region of Lebanon. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Byblos and Jounieh.
Byblos
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Byblos, also known by its Arabic name of Jbeil, is an ancient Phoenician city located about 35 kilometers north of the capital Beirut in modern day Lebanon. The city has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is a popular daytrip from the capital.
Jounieh
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Jounieh is a city in Lebanon. It is closely associated with Beirut, the capital. Jounieh is located 16 km to the north of Beirut.
Deir el Qamar
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Deir al-Qamar is a city south-east of Beirut in south-central Lebanon. It is located five kilometres outside of Beit ed-Dine in the Chouf District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate at 800 m of average altitude.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Jeita.
Jeita
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Jeita is a town and municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The town is about 20 kilometres north of Beirut.
Mount Lebanon
- Type: governorate of Lebanon with 1,680,000 residents
- Description: governorate of Lebanon
- Also known as: “Mohafazat Jabal Loubnane”, “Mohafazat Mont-Liban”, “Mont-Liban”, “Mount Lebanon Governorate”, and “Muḩāfaz̧at Jabal Lubnān”
- Location: Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Mount Lebanon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل لبنان (محافظة)”
- Arabic: “جبل لبنان”
- Arabic: “محافظة جبل لبنان”
- Armenian: “Լեռնային Լիբանան”
- Armenian: “Լեռնային Լիբանանի մարզ”
- Azerbaijani: “Cəbəl Lübnan mühafəzəsi”
- Basque: “Libano Mendiko eskualdea”
- Belarusian: “Горны Ліван”
- Belarusian: “Джэбэль Лібан”
- Bengali: “মাউন্ট লেবানন গভর্নোরেট”
- Bulgarian: “Горен Ливан”
- Bulgarian: “Планина Ливан”
- Catalan: “governació del Mont Líban”
- Chinese: “山省”
- Chinese: “黎巴嫩山省”
- 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: “Gouvernement Libanonberg”
- German: “LB-JL”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο της Οροσειράς του Λιβάνου”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο του Όρους Λιβάνου”
- Gujarati: “માઉન્ટ લેબનોન ગવર્નોરેટ”
- 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: “レバノン山地県”
- Japanese: “レバノン山岳県”
- Japanese: “山岳レバノン県”
- Kannada: “ಮೌಂಟ್ ಲೆಬನಾನ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
- Korean: “레바논산주”
- Latvian: “Kalnu Libānas muhāfaza”
- Lithuanian: “Kalnų Libano muchafaza”
- 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”
- Persian: “استان جبل لبنان”
- Persian: “جبل لبنان”
- Polish: “Gubernatorstwo Dżabal Lubnan”
- Polish: “Muhafaza Dżabal Lubnan”
- Portuguese: “Monte Líbano”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Munții Liban”
- Russian: “Горный Ливан”
- Scots: “Moont Lebanon Govrenorate”
- Scots: “Mount Lebanon Govrenorate”
- Sinhala: “මවුන්ට් ලෙබනන් පළාත”
- Slovenian: “Gora Libanon”
- Slovenian: “LB-JL”
- Spanish: “Gobernacion del Monte Libano”
- Spanish: “Gobernacion del Monte Líbano”
- Spanish: “Gobernación del Monte Libano”
- Spanish: “Gobernación del Monte Líbano”
- Spanish: “Monte Libano”
- Swedish: “Libanonberget”
- Tajik: “Vilojati Kūhi Lubnon”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Кӯҳи Лубнон”
- Tamil: “மவுண்ட் லெபனான் கோவெர்னோரே”
- Tamil: “லெபனான் மலை ஆளுநரகம்”
- Tamil: “லெபனான் மலை கவர்னரேட்”
- 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: “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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