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of a portrait of the Virgin Mary by Saint Lucas. It also features a monumental entrance, an underground cemetery, and a 40-metre-high (130 ft) bell tower, atop of which a large marble clock was mounted in 1993. Part of the complex was destroyed by a bomb attack in April 1987, and rebuilt ever since.
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most of the city and from several miles around in the central Bekaa Valley. At its base is a chapel that can seat a little over a hundred people. The top of the tower features sweeping views over Zahlé and the Bekaa Valley.
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10% belonging to various minorities, most notably the
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2331:www.egypt-uncovered.com
1391:Climate data for Zahlé
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869:Central Bank of Lebanon
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1374:Mediterranean climate
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1960:Israel's Lebanon War
1932:"Summer of shelling"
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3649:Tell Rasm El Hadeth
2583:. Imprime au Liban.
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2566:"Zahlé and Forzol"
2530:on 7 February 2013
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2480:. Climate-Data.org
2093:"ZAHLE IN HISTORY"
2075:"Discover Lebanon"
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3304:Nachcharini
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2954:Amlaq Qatih
2157:Lord Mayhew
1854:Karl Sharro
1842:Wael Kfoury
1836:Najwa Karam
1821:Joseph Raya
1815:Elias Hrawi
1332:love poetry
1255:Hellenistic
1191:World War I
1074:August 2021
1034:Main sights
707:Middle East
460:grain trade
453:Crimean War
161:Governorate
129: /
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3764:Wadi Koura
3654:Tell Rayak
3579:Tell Kirri
3499:Tell Ayoub
3459:Tell Addus
3454:Tell Ablah
3449:Tell Aalaq
3419:Sin el Fil
3369:Ras Beirut
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3259:Lion Tower
3174:Kafr Zabad
3099:Fadous Sud
3004:Batroumine
2979:Ard Tlaili
2974:Ard Saouda
2929:Ain Harcha
2924:Ain Choaab
2772:Qabb Ilyas
2767:Qâa er Rîm
2762:Niha Bekaa
2737:Kafr Zabad
2245:Alixa Naff
2229:25 January
1916:25 January
1894:References
1288:Bronze Age
1273:Phoenician
1240:Qabb Ilyas
966:April 2017
802:emigration
503:urban area
424:Christians
408:deforested
367:Christians
237:Population
184:Government
3589:Tell Jisr
3519:Tell Deir
3464:Tell Ahle
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3319:Nebi Safa
3299:Nabi Zair
3289:Moukhtara
3239:Ksar Akil
3209:Kfar Qouq
3189:Karak Nuh
3104:Hebbariye
3024:Beit Mery
3014:Bechamoun
2834:Hosn Niha
2792:Taalabaya
2782:Saadnayel
2757:Nabi Ayla
2742:Karak Nuh
2664:Capital:
2484:25 August
1936:Frontline
1871:Zahlé is
1772:Source:
1305:(another
1296:Byzantine
1225:Karak Nuh
1169:Town Hall
1013:Karak Nuh
937:does not
879:Education
830:Australia
818:Argentina
810:Venezuela
775:Karak Nuh
711:Catholics
699:Christian
581:does not
538:Bar Elias
531:Kab Elias
511:Taalabaya
507:Saadnayel
483:civil war
393:Etymology
313:Area code
265:Time zone
67:Panoramic
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3279:Mayrouba
3224:Kharayeb
3214:Kfarhata
3079:Dekwaneh
2944:Al-Bireh
2919:Ain Aata
2787:Taanayel
2732:Kabelias
2702:Barelias
2462:14 April
2428:14 April
2402:14 April
2257:14 April
2165:Jim Muir
2034:14 April
2010:14 April
1976:14 April
1887:Bordeaux
1792:Said Akl
1724:Average
1650:Average
994:Damascus
806:Colombia
752:Maronite
715:Damascus
705:and the
701:town in
472:Damascus
432:Orthodox
361:and the
302:Postcode
173:District
3424:Sarepta
3379:Rashaya
3354:Qaraoun
3294:Mtaileb
3254:Libbaya
3199:Kefraya
3194:Kaukaba
3149:Jdeideh
3119:Hashbai
3009:Batroun
2994:Baalbek
2934:Akbiyeh
2899:Aadloun
2712:Chtaura
2707:Bouarej
2611:tourism
2534:29 July
2361:30 July
2336:30 July
2311:30 July
2283:30 July
2187:30 July
2108:(1966)
1942:1 March
1873:twinned
1786:Shakira
1719:(17.2)
1645:(47.2)
1640:(34.0)
1635:(41.4)
1630:(52.5)
1625:(59.4)
1620:(63.7)
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1450:(50.2)
1445:(47.3)
1368:Climate
1314:Culture
1303:Baalbek
1292:Persian
1251:Umayyad
1161:Ottoman
1009:Chtaura
1001:Baalbek
958:removed
943:sources
840:Economy
735:Jounieh
703:Lebanon
602:removed
587:sources
515:Chtaura
414:History
387:Zahlawi
352:Jounieh
348:Tripoli
340:Lebanon
259:300,000
248:100,000
154:Lebanon
142:Country
117:35°55′E
114:33°50′N
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3409:Shheem
3244:Labweh
3094:Flaoui
3059:Dakoue
3044:Byblos
3019:Beirut
2969:Apheca
2949:Amioun
2909:Aammiq
2797:Terbol
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2722:Ferzol
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1699:(0.2)
1684:(0.1)
1679:(0.8)
1674:(1.4)
1669:(2.6)
1664:(3.3)
1659:(3.5)
1396:Month
1344:floats
1326:, the
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1165:Serail
990:Beirut
826:Canada
814:Brazil
791:Jewish
783:Sunnis
771:Muslim
727:Beirut
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495:Syrian
485:, the
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449:Beka'a
437:Shiite
344:Beirut
332:زَحْلة
328:Arabic
151:
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3789:Zahlé
3779:Yanta
3739:Toron
3439:Taire
3414:Sidon
2914:Aaqbe
2904:Aaiha
2822:Other
2802:Zahlé
2777:Rayak
2727:Jdita
2697:Anjar
2682:Ablah
2667:Zahlé
1809:Riyaq
1435:Year
1324:Erato
1320:cafés
1247:Anjar
1221:Roman
1159:This
787:Druze
723:Amman
719:Cairo
685:(23%)
683:Sunni
645:(52%)
552:Riyaq
324:Zahlé
291:UTC+3
270:UTC+2
255:Metro
92:Zahlé
39:Zahlé
3754:Tyre
3169:Jieh
3144:Jbaa
3134:Iaat
2984:Arqa
2536:2013
2486:2018
2464:2011
2451:ISBN
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2338:2024
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2231:2021
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2012:2011
1999:ISBN
1978:2011
1965:ISBN
1944:2024
1918:2021
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1689:(0)
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1623:15.2
1618:17.6
1613:17.7
1608:15.0
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1573:14.3
1563:11.4
1558:17.1
1553:21.2
1548:23.7
1543:23.7
1538:21.3
1533:17.4
1528:12.7
1503:20.0
1498:11.4
1493:16.6
1488:23.1
1483:27.6
1478:30.3
1473:30.0
1468:27.1
1463:22.8
1458:18.2
1453:14.0
1448:10.1
1432:Dec
1429:Nov
1426:Oct
1423:Sep
1420:Aug
1417:Jul
1414:Jun
1411:May
1408:Apr
1405:Mar
1402:Feb
1399:Jan
1328:muse
1269:Niha
1229:Noah
1116:arak
1112:meze
1005:Homs
941:any
939:cite
858:arak
816:and
779:Shia
756:10%
750:15%
744:65%
721:and
675:(4%)
673:Shia
665:(8%)
655:(9%)
585:any
583:cite
545:Niha
474:and
441:Iran
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346:and
306:1801
295:EEST
244:City
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