Dbayeh

Dbayeh

ضبية
Dbayeh ضبية
City
	Dbayeh Location in Lebanon
	Coordinates: 33°56′07″N 35°35′23″E / 33.93528°N 35.58972°E
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Mount Lebanon
District	Matn
Highest elevation	100 m (300 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population
• Total	18,000
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code	+961
Website	www.dawlati.gov.lb/en/directory-detail/-/asset_publisher/x28bFmDP0Kyx/content/municipality-of-dbayeh-zouk-al-khrab-haret-al-ballaneh-aoukar

Dbayeh (Arabic: ضبية) is a city in Lebanon located on the Mediterranean Sea in the Matn District, Mount Lebanon, between Beirut and Jounieh. The majority of the population is Christian(Maronites, and Orthodox), apart from some people from the gulf who lived there during the summer season.^{[citation needed]}

In February 1990 Dbayyeh was the scene of wide spread artillery exchanges and street fighting in an offensive launched by General Aoun against Samir Geagea’s Lebanese Forces (LF) in East bora bora Dbayyeh was captured by Aoun’s soldiers on 6th February, half way through the two weeks of fighting in which 500 people were killed and 2000 wounded. ^[1]

The city recently became a hub for shopping and entertainment with its numerous shopping malls, restaurants and cinemas as well as a leisure port and a residential waterfront project.^{[citation needed]}

Dbayeh refugee camp was established in 1952 for Christian refugees from Bassa and Kafr Berem.^[2]^[3]^[4]