Ghazzeh

Ghazzeh

غزة
Ghazzeh غزة
City
	Ghazzeh Location in Lebanon
	Coordinates: 33°40′16″N 35°49′39″E / 33.67111°N 35.82750°E
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Beqaa Governorate
District	Western Beqaa
Elevation	2,850 ft (870 m)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3

Ghazzeh (Arabic: غزة) is a Popular City located in the Western Beta District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon. estimated of 70,000 citizens 22,000 syrian refugees.

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as 'Azzeh (mistaking Arabic غ gh for ع ʿ) under "Places on the West side of the Bŭkâ'a, from the southern extremity northward to Zahleh"; it is listed before Bab Mareaa.^[1]

References

^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 141

Bibliography

Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.

External links

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[1] Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 141

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Ghazzeh غزة
City
Ghazzeh Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°40′16″N 35°49′39″E / 33.67111°N 35.82750°E / 33.67111; 35.82750
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Beqaa Governorate
District	Western Beqaa
Elevation	2,850 ft (870 m)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3