Majdaloun (, also Majdloun) is a village in the

Baalbek District Baalbek District () is an administrative district in the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate of the Republic of Lebanon, having the city Baalbek as its capital. It is by far the largest district in the country comprising a total of . Major towns of the d ...

, in Baalbek-Hermel, one of the

governorates of Lebanon Lebanon is divided into nine governorates (Arabic: ). Each governorate is headed by a governor (Arabic: ). All of the governorates except for Beirut Governorate, Beirut and Akkar Governorate, Akkar are divided into districts of Lebanon, dis ...

. Majdaloun is one of the eighty-three municipalities of the

Baalbek-Hermel Governorate Baalbek-Hermel () is a governorate of Lebanon and is the largest by area in the country. It comprises the districts of Baalbek and Hermel, which in turn are subdivided into a total of 74 municipalities. The capital is at Baalbek. The governorate ...

and of 1,052 for the whole of Lebanon.

History

In 1838,

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noted ''Mejdelun '' as a village in the plain in the

Baalbek Baalbek (; ; ) is a city located east of the Litani River in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, about northeast of Beirut. It is the capital of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate. In 1998, the city had a population of 82,608. Most of the population consists of S ...

area.

Demographics

In 2014, Majdaloun had 1,015 registered voters. Of these adult-aged villagers, 528 (52%) were Christians, predominantly of the

Maronite Church The Maronite Church (; ) is an Eastern Catholic '' sui iuris'' particular church in full communion with the pope and the worldwide Catholic Church, with self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. The head of the Maronit ...

, with 293 members (28.9% of the total voters). There were also

Melkite Greek Catholic The Melkite Greek Catholic Church (, ''Kanīsat ar-Rūm al-Malakiyyīn al-Kāṯūlīk''; ; ), also known as the Melkite Byzantine Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See as part of the worldwide Catho ...

and other Eastern-rite Catholics(11%), and Greek Orthodox (8.8%) minorities. Almost all of the 478 Muslims were Shiites (44.5%), with a small number of Sunni Muslims (2.6%). Combined, the 478 Muslims were 47.1% of village voters.

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