Majdaloun

Majdaloun

مجدلون
Majdaloun مجدلون
Village
	Majdaloun Location in Lebanon
	Coordinates: 33°59′20″N 36°08′10″E / 33.98889°N 36.13611°E
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Baalbek-Hermel Governorate
District	Baalbek District
Elevation	3,410 ft (1,040 m)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3

Majdaloun (Arabic: مجدلون) is a village in the Baalbek District in Baalbek-Hermel Governorate.

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Mejdelun as a village in the plain in the Baalbek area.^[1]

Demographics

As of 2014, Majdaloun has 1,015 registered voters. 528 (52.02%) of them were Christians, predominantly Maronite but with Greek Catholic and Greek Orthodox minorities. 478 (47.09%) were Muslims, almost all of whom were Shiites.^[2]

References

^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 145
^ "التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة مجدلون، قضاء بعلبك محافظة البقاع في لبنان". إعْرَفْ لبنان. Retrieved 2024-11-23.

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

Majdaloun, Localiban

[1] Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 145

[2] "التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة مجدلون، قضاء بعلبك محافظة البقاع في لبنان". إعْرَفْ لبنان. Retrieved 2024-11-23.

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