Zahle
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Zahle is a prominent city in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley, known for its historic architecture, vineyards, and role as a regional commercial and cultural center.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zahle canonical | 5 |
| Zahle District | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| agriculturalProduct |
apples
ⓘ
grapes ⓘ stone fruits ⓘ |
| climate | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Lebanon ⓘ |
| distanceFromBeirut | about 50 kilometres east of Beirut ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
food and beverage industry ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 1000 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Ottoman-era buildings
ⓘ
churches ⓘ riverside restaurants ⓘ traditional red-roofed houses ⓘ |
| hasInstitution |
hospitals
ⓘ
municipality of Zahle ⓘ religious schools ⓘ |
| historicSignificance | important town in Ottoman and modern Lebanese history ⓘ |
| knownFor |
arak production
ⓘ
commercial center of the Beqaa Valley ⓘ cultural center of the Beqaa Valley ⓘ gastronomy ⓘ historic architecture ⓘ vineyards ⓘ wine production ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Beqaa Valley ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrative | Beqaa Governorate ⓘ |
| majorChristianDenomination |
Greek Catholics
ⓘ
surface form:
Greek Catholic
Maronite Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Maronite Catholic
|
| majorReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| nickname | Bride of the Beqaa ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| population | over 100000 inhabitants ⓘ |
| region | Eastern Lebanon ⓘ |
| river | Berdaouni River ⓘ |
| role |
regional administrative center in the Beqaa Valley
ⓘ
regional commercial hub ⓘ regional cultural hub ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern European Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ |
| tourism |
culinary tourism
ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ wine tourism ⓘ |
| transportConnection |
Damascus–Beirut route
ⓘ
surface form:
Beirut–Damascus highway
|
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Anjar
this entity surface form:
Zahle District
subject surface form:
Anjar