Coordinates: 33°49′35″N 36°02′10″E / 33.82639°N 36.03611°E / 33.82639; 36.03611

Deir El Ghazal

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Deir El Ghazal
دير الغزال
Village
Deir El Ghazal is located in Lebanon
Deir El Ghazal
Deir El Ghazal
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°49′35″N 36°02′10″E / 33.82639°N 36.03611°E / 33.82639; 36.03611
Country Lebanon
GovernorateBeqaa Governorate
DistrictZahlé
Elevation
3,410 ft (1,040 m)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Deir El Ghazal (Arabic: دير الغزال), is a village located in the Zahlé District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Deir el-Ghuzal as a Maronite village in the Baalbek area.[1]

References

  1. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 145

Bibliography

  • Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.

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