Al-Ghaziyah or Ghazieh () is a municipality in South
Lebanon
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, 4 kilometres south of Saida, (
Sidon
Sidon ( ) or better known as Saida ( ; ) is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast in the South Governorate, Lebanon, South Governorate, of which it is the capital. Tyre, Lebanon, Tyre, t ...
). It has an area of about 15sq km.
Al-Ghaziyah is one of the largest businesses hubs in South Lebanon and it houses a large fuel refinery (TapLine).
Al-Ghaziyah is bordered by a number of villages in the southern and western side such as
Qinnarit,
Magdouche,
Darb es Sim,
Zaita,
Aaqtanit, Maamriye, Zahrani.
Major streets include: Bashroun, Regy, Zambil, El Ain, El Baidar, El Rabta, El Mokhtar, Zehriye, Al Bahar
Al-Ghaziyah has its own football team in
Chabab Ghazieh SC
Chabab Sporting Club Ghazieh (), known as Chabab Ghazieh or simply Ghazieh, is a football club based in Ghazieh, Lebanon, that competes in the . Founded in 1961, the club plays their home matches at the Kfarjoz Stadium.
History
On 11 April 2 ...
, which compete in the .
Also Al-Ghaziyah is a relatively big tourist attraction one of it being the cournesh
History
Al-Ghaziyah suffered from the
1837 earthquake, with 14 houses collapsing and 7 people killed.
Modern era
During
2006 Lebanon War
The 2006 Lebanon War was a 34-day armed conflict in Lebanon, fought between Hezbollah and Israel. The war started on 12 July 2006, and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into effect in the morning on 14 August 2006, thoug ...
, on the 7 August, Israeli warplanes bombed and killed a total of 16 civilians in Ghazieh. On the 8 August, Israeli airplanes killed another 10 civilians, in three different incidents.
Demographics
In 2014,
Muslims
Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...
made up 99.58% of registered voters in Al-Ghaziyah. 96.76% of the voters were
Shiite Muslims
Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (imam). However, his right is understood to ...
.
References
Bibliography
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External links
Ghaziyeh Localiban
Populated places in Sidon District
Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon
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