Dbayeh
City in Mount Lebanon
Dbayeh (Arabic : ضبية ) is a city in Lebanon located on the Mediterranean Sea in the Matn District , Mount Lebanon , between Beirut and Jounieh . The majority of the population is Christian(Maronites, and Orthodox), apart from some people from the gulf who lived there during the summer season.[citation needed
In February 1990 Dbayyeh was the scene of wide spread artillery exchanges and street fighting in an offensive launched by General Aoun against Samir Geagea ’s Lebanese Forces (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. [ 1]
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.[citation needed
Dbayeh refugee camp was established in 1952 for Christian refugees from Bassa and Kafr Berem .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Notable places
The Village Dbayeh
References
^ Middle East International No 369, 16 February 1990, Publishers Lord Mayhew , Dennis Walters MP ; Jim Muir pp.5,6^ Frakes, Nicholas (November 1, 2018). " . The World from PRX . Retrieved 2021-03-29 . ^ "Dbayeh Camp" . UNRWA . Retrieved 13 April 2020 .^ Duplan, Natalie; Raulin, Valerie (2016). Le camp oublié de Dbayeh Palestiniens chrétiens, réfugiés à perpétuité ISBN 9782368900253 . Retrieved 13 April 2020 . ^ "ABC" . ABC. Retrieved 2020-04-12 .^ "Lebanon's Most Renowned Mall |" . LeMall. Retrieved 2020-04-12 .^ "MTV Lebanon" . Homepage (in Arabic). 2004-12-10. Retrieved 2020-04-12 .^ "Luxury apartments at Waterfront City Dbayeh, Lebanon" . Waterfrontcity.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12 .^ AishtiCorporate. "Aïshti" . Aishti . Retrieved 2020-04-12 . ^ "Club La Marina, Dbayeh" . Clublamarina.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12 .
Towns and villages Notable landmarks Notable sites
Gaza Strip 518,000 UNRWA refugees West Bank 188,150 UNRWA refugees Syria 319,958 UNRWA refugees Lebanon 188,850 UNRWA refugees Jordan 355,500 UNRWA refugees
Aqabat Jaber 6,400 Ein as-Sultan 1,900 Far'a 7,600 Fawwar 8,000 Jalazone 11,000 Qalandia 11,000 Am'ari 10,500 Deir 'Ammar 2,400 Dheisheh 13,000 Aida 4,700 Al-Arroub 10,400 Askar 15,900 Balata 23,600 'Azza (Beit Jibrin) 1,000 Ein Beit al-Ma' (Camp No. 1) 6,750 Tulkarm 18,000 Nur Shams 9,000 Jenin 16,000 Shu'fat 11,000 Silwad Birzeit
Sabinah 22,600 Khan al-Shih 20,000 Nayrab 20,500 Homs 22,000 Jaramana 18,658 Daraa 10,000 Hama 8,000 Khan Danoun 10,000 Qabr Essit 23,700 Unofficial camps Ein Al-Tal 6,000 Latakia 10,000 Yarmouk 148,500
Bourj el-Barajneh 17,945 Ain al-Hilweh 54,116 El Buss 11,254 Nahr al-Bared 5,857 Shatila 9,842 Wavel 8,806 Mar Elias 662 Mieh Mieh 5,250 Beddawi 16,500 Burj el-Shemali 22,789 Dbayeh 4,351 Rashidieh 31,478 Former camps Tel al-Zaatar ? Nabatieh ?
Zarqa 20,000 Jabal el-Hussein 29,000 Amman New (Wihdat) 51,500 Souf 20,000 Baqa'a 104,000 Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti camp) 22,000 Irbid 25,000 Jerash 24,000 Marka 53,000 Talbieh 8,000 Al-Hassan ? Madaba ? Sokhna ?
References
^ "Camp Profiles" . unrwa.org . United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Retrieved 2 July 2015 .
