Dbayeh () is a city in

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located on the

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in the

Matn District Matn (, '), 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 Jdeideh (followed to Jdeideh, ...

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, between

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and

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. The majority of the population is Christian(Maronites, and Orthodox), apart from some people from the gulf who lived there during the summer season. In February 1990 Dbayyeh was the scene of wide spread artillery exchanges and street fighting in an offensive launched by General Aoun against

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(LF) in East bora bora Dbayyeh was captured by Aoun’s soldiers on 6th February, half way through the two weeks of fighting in which 500 people were killed and 2000 wounded. The city recently became a hub for shopping and entertainment with its numerous shopping malls, restaurants and cinemas as well as a leisure port and a residential waterfront project. Dbayeh refugee camp was established in 1952 for Palestinian Christian refugees from Bassa and Kafr Berem.

Notable places

* ABC Dbayeh department store and shopping mall * LeMall Dbayeh The Village Dbayeh * MTV Headquarters *Waterfront City Dbayeh * Aishti by the Sea *La Marina Club

References

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