North Lebanon
Northern Lebanon uniquely blends the outdoors with extensive historical and cultural attractions. With the country’s highest mountain, Qornet es-Sawda, as well as the highest ski resort, The Cedars, this region offers a rocky, rugged terrain that makes Lebanon unique in the Middle East.Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Tripoli and Batroun.
Tripoli
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Tripoli is the largest city in northern Lebanon and the second-largest city in the country. Situated 81 km north of the capital Beirut, it is the capital of the North Governorate and the Tripoli District.
Batroun
Batroun (Arabic: ٱلْبَتْرُون al-Batrūn, ancient Botrys, is a coastal city in northern Lebanon and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It is the capital city of Batroun District.
El Mina
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Mina is a coastal city in Lebanon. It occupies the old Phoenician city of Tripoli. It is on the Mediterranean and it is one of the most lively cities in Lebanon. Mina means "Harbour" and it was called "Askala" until 1978.
North Lebanon
- Type: State with 899,000 residents
- Description: governorate of Lebanon
- Also known as: “Mohafazat ech Chimâl”, “Muḩāfaz̧at ash Shamāl”, “Muḩāfaz̧at Lubnān ash Shamālī”, “North”, and “North Governorate”
- Categories: governorate of Lebanon and locality
- Location: Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude of center
34.3284° or 34° 19′ 42″ northLongitude of center
35.9051° or 35° 54′ 19″ eastPopulation
899,000Elevation
696 metres (2,283 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 13321742665OpenStreetMap feature
place=state
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Wu Chinese—“North Lebanon” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ሰሜን ሊባኖስ”
- Arabic: “الشمال”
- Arabic: “الشمال|”
- Arabic: “شمال لبنان”
- Arabic: “لبنان الشمالي”
- Arabic: “محافظة الشمال”
- Arabic: “محافظة لبنان الشمالي”
- Armenian: “Հյուսիսային մարզ”
- Armenian: “Շապթին (Լիբանան)”
- Azerbaijani: “Şimal Livanı”
- Azerbaijani: “Şimal mühafəzəsi”
- Basque: “Iparraldeko eskualdea”
- Belarusian: “Паўночны Лібан”
- Belarusian: “Паўночны Ліван”
- Bengali: “উত্তর গভর্নোরেট”
- Bengali: “উত্তর লেবানন”
- Bulgarian: “Северен Ливан”
- Catalan: “Governació del Líban-Nord”
- Cebuano: “Mohafazat Liban-Nord”
- Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای باکوور”
- Chinese: “北部省”
- Czech: “Severní Libanon”
- Danish: “North Governorate”
- Dutch: “Gouvernement Noord”
- Dutch: “Noord”
- Esperanto: “Norda Gubernio”
- Estonian: “Põhja-Liibanon”
- Estonian: “Põhja-Liibanoni kubernerkond”
- Finnish: “North kuvernoraatti”
- French: “Gouvernorat du Liban-Nord”
- French: “Liban du Nord”
- French: “Liban-Nord”
- Galician: “Líbano Setentrional”
- Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთის მუჰაფაზა”
- German: “Gouvernement Nord-Libanon”
- German: “LB-AS”
- German: “Nordlibanon”
- Greek: “Νορθ Γκοβερνοράτε”
- Gujarati: “નોર્થ ગવર્નોરેટ”
- Hausa: “Arewu Libanan”
- Hebrew: “צפון לבנון”
- Hindi: “उत्तर प्रान्त”
- Hindi: “उत्तरी गवर्नरेट”
- Hungarian: “Észak kormányzóság”
- Indonesian: “Governorat utara”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Utara”
- Italian: “governatorato del Nord Libano”
- Italian: “Governatorato del Nord Libano”
- Italian: “Libano settentrionale”
- Japanese: “北レバノン”
- Japanese: “北レバノン県”
- Javanese: “Liban Utara”
- Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ರಾಜ್ಯಪಾಲಿಕೆ”
- Kazakh: “Солтүстік Ливан”
- Kirghiz: “Түндүк Ливан”
- Korean: “북부주”
- Latvian: “Ziemeļlibānas muhāfaza”
- Latvian: “Ziemeļu muhāfaza”
- Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Libano muchafaza”
- Malay: “Kegabenoran Utara”
- Malay: “Utara Libanon”
- Marathi: “उत्तर गव्हर्नोरेट”
- Mazanderani: “شمال استان (لبنان)”
- Mazanderani: “شمال استان”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Guvernementet Nord-Libanon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord-Libanon”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nord guvernement”
- Norwegian: “Nord-Libanon”
- Oromo: “Kaaba Lebinon”
- Panjabi: “ਉੱਤਰੀ ਲੇਬਨਾਨ”
- Persian: “استان شمال”
- Persian: “استان شمالی لبنان”
- Persian: “شمال لبنان”
- Polish: “Dystrykt Północny”
- Polish: “Gubernatorstwo Asz-Szamal”
- Portuguese: “Líbano do Norte”
- Portuguese: “Líbano Norte”
- Portuguese: “Líbano Setentrional”
- Pushto: “شمالي لبنان”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Liban de Nord”
- Russian: “Северный Ливан о́бласть”
- Russian: “Северный Ливан”
- Scots: “North Govrenorate”
- Sinhala: “උතුරු පළාත”
- Slovenian: “LB-AS”
- Slovenian: “Severni Libanon”
- Somali: “Woqooyi Lubnaan”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Líbano Norte”
- Spanish: “Libano Norte”
- Spanish: “Líbano Norte”
- Spanish: “Libano-Norte”
- Spanish: “Líbano-Norte”
- Swahili: “Mlima wa Kaskazini”
- Swedish: “Mohafazat Liban-Nord”
- Tajik: “Vilojati Şimol”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Шимол”
- Tajik: “Шимоли Лубнон”
- Tamil: “வடக்கு ஆளுநரகம், லெபனான்”
- Tamil: “வடக்கு ஆளுநரகம்”
- Tamil: “வடக்கு கவர்னரேட்”
- Tatar: “Төньяк Ливан”
- Telugu: “ఉత్తర గవర్నరేట్”
- Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าเลบานอนเหนือ”
- Turkish: “Şimal İli”
- Turkish: “Şimal”
- Ukrainian: “Північний Ліван”
- Urdu: “محافظہ شمالی”
- Uzbek: “Shimoliy Livan muhofazasi”
- Uzbek: “Shimoliy Livan”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Bắc, Liban”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Bắc”
- Western Armenian: “Հիւսիսային Լիբանան”
- Wu Chinese: “北部省 (黎巴嫩)”
- Wu Chinese: “北部省（黎巴嫩）”
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