Ghidras
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Ghadras
غدراس | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon |
| Governorate | Keserwan-Jbeil |
| District | Keserwan |
| Government | |
| • Type | town |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.55 km2 (1.37 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 500 m (1,600 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
Ghadras (Arabic: غدراس) is a village and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon.[1] It is located 30 kilometers north of Beirut. It has an average elevation between 500 and 700 meters above sea level and a total land area of 355 hectares. Ghadras's name is derived from Syriac root words for "Small Water walk", as the village was known for its numerous Water walks.[citation needed] Ghadras is divided into four major parts: Main Village, Quarsa, Hellan, and Almdar. The inhabitants of Ghadras are predominantly Maronite Catholics.<mapframe latitude="34.0442744" longitude="35.6791912" zoom="13" width="288" height="178" align="right" />
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Ghidras, Keserwan Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-19. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
