Zahlé District
Zahlé | |
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District | |
| قضاء زحلة | |
Vineyards | |
Location in Lebanon | |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Capital | Zahlé |
| Area | |
• Total | 164 sq mi (425 km2) |
| Population | |
• Estimate (31 December 2017) | 336,382 |
| • Ethnicities= Lebanese density | 3,050/sq mi (1,176/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Zahlé District (Arabic: قضاء زحلة) is an administrative district of the Beqaa Governorate of the Republic of Lebanon. Its capital and largest town is the town of the same name. A reed-roofed town set among the eastern foothills of Mount Sannine. Zahlé was founded about 300 years ago in an area whose human habitation dates back some five millennia.