Beddawi

Beddawi, Beddaoui, (Arabic: البداوي) is a town situated at the Mediterranean Sea about 5 km north of the center of Tripoli, Lebanon. It is part of Tripoli's metro area and a mainly Sunni Muslim Lebanese village.^[1] It had 6,012 eligible voters in the 2009 election.^[2] There are 4 primary schools and one secondary school and one soccer team. The city is surrounded by orange orchards and has two buildings of the crusades.

It has also a non-working petroleum refinery, out of order since the Lebanese Civil War. Beddawi city should not be confused with the Beddawi Palestinian camp.^{[citation needed]} Till today, Beddawi remains the main connection between the northernmost coast and the rest of Lebanon since the main coastal highway goes through the town. However, a couple of years ago, a separate highway closer to the coast started being constructed.

Until the 1950s Beddawi was a little village surrounded by fields and had less than a 1,000 inhabitants. In 1955 the Palestinian refugees built a camp near the city and named it Beddawi camp. In 1983 the city underwent several battles between the Palestinian Militias and parts of it were severely damaged.^{[citation needed]}

• Beddaoui, Localiban