Azra wa el-Azr

Azra ou el-Azr
عذره والعذر
Azra
Municipality
Azra ou el-Azr

Location in Lebanon

Coordinates: 34°3′44″N 35°42′17″E / 34.06222°N 35.70472°E / 34.06222; 35.70472
Country  Lebanon
Governorate Mount Lebanon
District Keserwan
Area
  Total 1.13 km2 (0.44 sq mi)
Elevation 750 m (2,460 ft)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Azra ou el-Azr (Arabic: عذره والعذر; also spelled Aazra ouel Aazr or simply Azra) is a municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. The municipality, which consists of the villages of Azra and el-Azr, is about 39 kilometres (24 mi) north of Beirut.[1] It has an average elevation of 750 meters above sea level and a total land area of 113 hectares.[1] Azra ou el-Azr's inhabitants are predominantly Maronites.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Aazra Ouel Aazr". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-19. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  2. "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (pdf). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
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