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Aalay District
District
عاليه
Aley District
Location in Lebanon
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Mount Lebanon Governorate
Capital	Aley
Area
• Total	102 sq mi (264 km)
Population
• Estimate	196,282
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	+3

Aley (Arabic: عاليه) is a district (qadaa) in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, to the south-east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The capital is Aley. Aley city was previously known as the "bride of the summers" during the 1960 and 1970s, when Aley and neighboring Bhamdoune were attractive tourist locations for Lebanese emigres and local Lebanese

The district elects 5 members of parliament, of which 3 are Christians (1 Orthodox and 2 Maronite) and 2 are Druze. During the 1975-1990 Civil War in Lebanon, Aley witnessed several battles around its environs.

Cities

Abey
Aghmid
Ain Dara
Aïn-El-Jdeidé
Aïn-Enoub
Aïn-Rommané
Aïn Drafile
Aïn El-Halzoune
Aïn Ksour
Ain Saideh
Aïn Sofar
Aïn Traz
Aïnab
Aïtate
Aley
Aramoun
Baïssour
Baouarta
Bchamoune
Bdédoune
Bedghane
Bhamdoun
Bhouara
Bisrine
Bkhichtay
Bleibel
Bmakkine
Bmehraï
Bouzridé
Bsous
Btallaoun
Btater
Bteezanieh
Chamlane
Chanay
Sharoun
Chartoun
Chouaifat Amroussyat
Chouaifat Oumara
Chouaifat Qobbat
Dakkoun
Deir-Koubel
Dfoun
Douair El-Roummane
EL-Azouniyeh
El-Bennayé
El-Fsaïkine
El-Ghaboun
El-Kahalé
El-Kamatiyeh
El-Mansouriyeh et Aïn-El-Marge
El-Mechrefeh
El-Mreijate
El-Ramliyeh
El-Rejmeh
Habramoun
Houmale
Kaïfoun
Kfar-Aammay
Kfar Matta
litige
Maasraïti
Majdel Baana-Sawfar
Mazraet El-Nahr
Mchakhté
Mejdlaya
Rechmaya
Remhala
Roueissat El-Naaman
Saoufar
Sarahmoul
Selfaya
Souk-El-Gharb
Taazanieh

Demographics

Like the neighboring Chouf District, the Aley district is also one of the most religiously diverse areas in Lebanon. The largest religious community in the Aley district is the Druze denomination, followed by the Maronite, and Greek Orthodox Christian denominations. There are also small communities of Shia Muslims. As of 2022, the religious make-up of the District's 133,939 voters were roughly 54% Druze, 22% Maronite Catholics, 11% Greek Orthodox, 4% Greek Catholic, 4% Shia, and 5% others.

Druze (54%) Maronite Catholics (22%) Greek Orthodox (11%) Greek Catholic (4%) Shia (4%) Others (5%)

References

External links

Kahale
Bsous Archived 2020-12-04 at the Wayback Machine

v t e Districts of Lebanon
Akkar Governorate	Akkar
Baalbek-Hermel Governorate	Baalbek Hermel
Beirut Governorate	Beirut
Beqaa Governorate	Rashaya Western Beqaa Zahlé
Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate	Byblos (Jbeil) Keserwan
Mount Lebanon Governorate	Aley Baabda Chouf Matn
Nabatieh Governorate	Bint Jbeil Hasbaya Marjayoun Nabatieh
North Governorate	Batroun Bsharri Koura Miniyeh-Danniyeh Tripoli Zgharta
South Governorate	Jezzine Sidon Tyre

v t e Aley District, Mount Lebanon Governorate
Capital: Aley
Towns and villages	Aaytat Ain Aanoub Ainab Ain Drafil al-Azzounieh Abey Aghmeed Ain Dara Ain Ksour Aley Aramoun Baawerta Baissour Basateen Bdadoun Bechamoun Bhamdoun Binnay Bmakine Bmahray Bsous Charoun Chartoun Choueifat Houmal Kahale Kaifun al-Nreijat Nabaa Al Safa Qmatiye Ramlieh Rechmaya Sawfar Shemlan Souk El Gharb Silfaya

33°48′23″N 35°36′02″E / 33.80639°N 35.60056°E / 33.80639; 35.60056

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