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Zouk Mikael

Zouk Mikael
ذوق مكايل
Zuq Mikha'il
Municipality
Zouk Mikael and Beirut from Adma
Zouk Mikael and Beirut from Adma
Map showing the location of Zouk Mikael within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Zouk Mikael within Lebanon
Zouk Mikael
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°58′18″N 35°36′58″E / 33.97167°N 35.61611°E / 33.97167; 35.61611
Country Lebanon
GovernorateKeserwan-Jbeil
DistrictKeserwan
Government
 • Head of MunicipalityElias Ayoub Beainou
Area
 • Total3.08 km2 (1.19 sq mi)
Elevation
70 m (230 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

Zouk Mikael (Arabic: ذوق مكايل, also spelled Zuq Mikha'il or Zouk Mkayel) is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon. Its inhabitants are predominantly Melkite and Maronite Catholics.[1]

The town is well known for its Ottoman-era souk (open-air market), a pedestrian market with arcades and shops cafés. It is also home to several monasteries and historic churches, such as the Saint George Church, the open-air Roman-era amphitheatre, which hosts live summer concerts.[2] In 1999, the UNESCO declared Zouk Mikael a "City of Peace".[3]

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Zuk Mekayil as a village located in Aklim el-Kesrawan, Northeast of Beirut; the chief seat of the Maronites.[4]

On 27 February 1994 an IED exploded inside the Maronite Notre Dame de La Deliverance Church killing ten worshippers and wounding 60.[5]

Sports

Zouk Mikael is known as the Lebanese city of basketball, as it has the Stade Nouhad Naufal which was completed in 2015.[6] It hosted the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup where the Lebanon national team reached the quarter-finals.[7]

See also

Twin towns

References

  1. ^ "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (PDF). Localiban. Localiban. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-16.
  2. ^ "Amphitheater of Roman Architecture".
  3. ^ "Qada' (Caza) Keserwan" (PDF). Middle East Airlines. Promenade. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-11-02.
  4. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 193
  5. ^ Middle East International No 470, 4 March 1994, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Gerald. Butt p.10
  6. ^ "مجمع نهاد نوفل للرياضة والمسرح".
  7. ^ "Iran v Lebanon boxscore - FIBA Asia Cup 2017 - 16 August".

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