Bsalim ( ar, بصاليم) is a village in the

Matn District Matn ( ar, قضاء المتن, '), sometimes spelled Metn (or preceded by the article El, as in El Matn), is a district ('' qadaa'') in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon, east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The district capital is ...

Mount Lebanon Governorate french: Gouvernorat du Mont-Liban , native_name_lang = , image_map = Administrative divisions of Lebanon 2017-08 (Numbered).png , map_caption = The governorates of Lebanon, including Mount Lebanon (in pink, label ...

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

. The population is almost exclusively Christian. Bsalim's municipality also contains two small districts which are found around Bsalim, and they are Mezher and Majzoub. Bsalim is home to Greek Orthodox, Maronites, Catholics, Armenian Orthodox. Bsalim is located above sea level. In Bsalim are three churches: Saint Georges Cathedral-Greek Orthodox, Saint Mary's Church-Maronites and Christ the King Church. The cities around Bsalim are Antelias, Jal El Dib, Nabey, Roumieh, Kennebat Broumana and Bkennaya. The schools found in Bsalim are Athene de Beyrouth and Saint Georges-Bsalim.Some important sites people visit Bsalim for is Lebanese basketball since the home court of Hommentnen is located in Mezher. During Operation Grapes of Wrath, 15 April 1996, the electrical transformer station in Bsalim was bombed by the

Israeli Air Force The Israeli Air Force (IAF; he, זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defense ...

and badly damaged. The day before a power station in Jamhour, 3 km east of

Baabda Baabda ( ar, بعبدا) is the capital city of Baabda District as well as the capital of Mount Lebanon Governorate, western Lebanon. Baabda was the capital city of the autonomous Ottoman Mount Lebanon. Baabda is known for the Ottoman Castle (th ...

had also been bombed. The air strikes left most of Beirut without electricity.Middle East International No 524, 26 April 1996, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Crisis chronology p.4

Notable people

Diana Haddad Diana Haddad ( ar, ديانا حداد; born 1 October 1976) is a Lebanese singer, actress, and television personality who also holds Emirati citizenship and is based in the United Arab Emirates. Haddad is one of the most popular Arabic pop mus ...

(born 1976), Lebanese singer

External links

Bsalim - Majzoub - Mezher
Localiban

References

Populated places in the Matn District Christian communities in Lebanon {{Lebanon-geo-stub