Ghazir

Ghazir
غزير
Municipality
Ghazir
Ghazir
Ghazir is located in Lebanon
Ghazir
Ghazir
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 34°1′4″N 35°39′50″E / 34.01778°N 35.66389°E / 34.01778; 35.66389
Country Lebanon
GovernorateKeserwan-Jbeil
DistrictKeserwan
Government
 • TypeMunicipally
 • MayorCharles Haddad
Area
 • Total5.42 km2 (2.09 sq mi)
Elevation
380 m (1,250 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Ghazir (Arabic: غزير) is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is located 27 kilometres (17 mi) north of Beirut. It has an average elevation of 380 meters above sea level and a total land area of 542 hectares (2.09 sq mi).[1]

Ghazir is divided into three major parts: Ghazir el-Fawka, Central Ghazir, and Kfarhbab. The inhabitants of Ghazir are predominantly Maronite Catholics.[2] The town has four schools, two public and two private, with a total of 3,253 students as of 2008.[1] Maameltein is part of the village.

  1. ^ a b "Ghazir". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-19. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  2. ^ "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (PDF). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2016-02-12.