Hasbaya District
Appearance
Hasbaya District | |
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District | |
Country | Lebanon |
Governorate | Nabatiyeh Governorate |
Capital | Hasbaya |
Area | |
• Total | 102 sq mi (265 km2) |
Population | |
• Estimate (31 December 2017) | 37,784 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The Hasbaya District is one of the four districts in the Nabatiyeh Governorate of Lebanon. It lies in the southeast, bordering Syria to the east and Israel to the south. The capital of the district is Hasbaya, a town with a population that is mostly Druze oriented and some Christians.
33°23′55″N 35°40′58″E / 33.3985°N 35.6829°E
Municipalities
[edit]The following 20 municipalities are all located in the Hasbaya District:
- Abu Qamha
- Ain Jarfa
- Ain Qenia
- Al-Dalafa
- Al-Majidiyah
- Al-Mari
- Berghoz
- Shouaya
- Al-Fardis
- Hasbaya
- Al-Hebbariyah
- Kaukaba
- Kfar Shouba
- Kfar Hamam
- Al-Kfeir
- Al-Khalouat
- Marj al-Zuhour
- Mimess
- Rashaya al-Foukhar
- Shebaa
Gallery
[edit]Demographics
[edit]According to registered voters in 2014:
Year | Christians | Muslims | Druze | |||||||
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Total | Greek Orthodox | Maronites | Greek Catholics | Other Christians | Total | Sunnis | Shias | Alawites | Druze | |
2014[1] |