The Marjeyoun District is a district in the Nabatieh Governorate of Lebanon. The capital of the district is Marjeyoun.
Marjeyoun District | |
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District | |
 Khiam, Marjeyoun District | |
 Location in Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°21′43″N 35°35′23″E / 33.36194°N 35.58972°E | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatiyeh Governorate |
| Capital | Marjeyoun |
| Area | |
| • Total | 102.4 sq mi (265.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,820 ft (860 m) |
| Population | |
| • Estimate (31 December 2017) | 85,960 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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Marjeyoun stands at a hill facing Mount Hermon to the East, with Beaufort Castle. The Litani River and Mount Amel are to the West, The Rihan, Niha and the Lebanon Mountain Range to the North and the fertile plains of Sahil Marjeyoun that extends into Northern Israel between the Galilee finger and plains immediately underneath the Golan Heights.
Demographics
editAccording to registered voters in 2014:
| Year | Christians | Muslims | Druze | |||||||
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| Total | Greek Orthodox | Maronites | Greek Catholics | Other Christians | Total | Shias | Sunnis | Alawites | Druze | |
| 2014[2] | ||||||||||
Photos of Marjeyoun
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