Jbeil Destrict

Jbeil (Qadaa' Jbail) (Arabic: قضاء جبيل‎) is a destrict (qadaa) in the Munt Lebanon Govrenorate (Arabic محافظة جبل لبنان), Lebanon, tae the northeast o the Lebanon's caipital Beirut. The caipital is Byblos, cried Jbeil an aa. The rivers o Al-Madfoun an Nahr Ibrahim form the destrict's natural northren an soothren borders respectively, wi the Mediterranean Sea borderin it frae the wast an the Lebanon muntains frae the east, separatin it frae the adjacent destrict o Baalbek in the Beqaa valley. Demographics The destrict's population is predominantly Maronite follaed bi a minority Shiite community, pairticularly in the veelages o Aalmat, Ras Osta, Hjoula, Bichtlida, Lassa, an Mazraat Es Siyad. A Greek Orthodox minority forms pairt o the population an is spread amang several veelages kent locally as "qornet el roum" (the corner o Orthodoxy). These are: Mounsef, Jeddayel, Helwe, Berbara, Gharzouz, an Chikhane. Jbeil has 3 seats allocated to it in the Lebanese Parliament. Two of these seats are allocated to Maronite Catholics, while the other seat is allocated to the Shi'a Muslims. Attractions The Jbeil destrict hosts a number o significant steids. The caipital Byblos is an important historical an airchaeological steid boastin Phoenician, Roman, an Crusader ruins. The muntain veelage o Aannaya hosts the Saunt Maroun-Aannaya monastery an the holy shrine o Saunt Charbel (1828-1898), the first Lebanese saunt (offeecially canonized bi Pape Paul VI in 1977), baith significant releegious Maronite Christian holy steids. The veelage o Laqlouq—wi an altitude o 1750m tae 2000m—is a ski resort. The village of Afqa boasts the Afqa grotto which is the saucrit source of the Adonis river (modren Nahr Ibrahim). The veelage o Bentael (Bintaael) contains the first protectit aurie in Lebanon, established in 1981. Feenally, the veelage o Jaj is host tae survivin cedar trees frae the auncient cedar forests which wur uised tae export cedar wood tae Egyp an later tae Jerusalem. Touns an veelages o Jbeil destrict