Fourzol
Ferzol, also spelled Forzol, Ferzul or Fourzol, is a village located in the Zahlé District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon. It lies approximately six to eight kilometres north of Zahlé, the principal city of the Beqaa Valley, along the road toward Baalbek, at an elevation of roughly 1,000 metres above sea level.- Type: Village with 6,000 residents
- Description: Lebanese village
- Also known as: “Ferzol”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Niha and Temnine El Tehta.
Niha
Village
Photo: Nmaluf, Public domain.
Niha is a village in the Bekaa Valley about 18 km north of Zahlé. It is famous for its Roman archeological ruins in the outskirts, and in particular two lower Roman temples that date back to the 1st century AD. Niha is situated 3 km northeast of Fourzol.
Temnine El Tehta
Village
Temnine Et Tahta is a village located in the Baalbek District of the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate in Lebanon. Temnine El Tehta is situated 4½ km east of Fourzol.
Temnin el-Foka
Village
Photo: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Temnin el-Foka is a village located approximately 28 kilometers southwest of Baalbek in the Baalbek District, in the Beqaa valley of Lebanon, at an altitude of 1100 meters above sea level. Temnin el-Foka is situated 4½ km northeast of Fourzol.
Fourzol
- Categories: village/town/city in Lebanon, municipality of Lebanon, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Bekaa, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.87465° or 33° 52′ 29″ northLongitude
35.94343° or 35° 56′ 36″ eastPopulation
6,000Elevation
1,000 metres (3,281 feet)Open location code
8G5QVWFV+V9OpenStreetMap ID
node 5523874137OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q12230552
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From Arabic to Persian—“Fourzol” goes by many names.
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