Marjeyoun District

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Marjeyoun District
District
Khiam, Marjeyoun District
Khiam, Marjeyoun District
Location in Lebanon
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°21′43″N 35°35′23″E / 33.36194°N 35.58972°E / 33.36194; 35.58972
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNabatiyeh Governorate
CapitalMarjeyoun
Area
 • Total102.4 sq mi (265.3 km2)
Elevation2,820 ft (860 m)
Population
 • Estimate 
(31 December 2017)
85,960
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Qlayaa, Marjeyoun District

The Marjeyoun District is a district in the Nabatieh Governorate of Lebanon. The capital of the district is Marjeyoun.

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

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According to registered voters in 2014:

Year Christians Muslims Druze
Total Greek Orthodox Maronites Greek Catholics Other Christians Total Shias Sunnis Alawites Druze
2014[2]
14.89%
5.74%
5.12%
2.70%
1.33%
83.91%
80.16%
3.74%
0.01%
0.91%

Photos of Marjeyoun

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Marjeyoum Photo Album
Baladiyat Marjeyoun photo gallery

A view of Marjeyoun by satellite

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