Zouk Mosbeh

This article is about the Lebanese town in Mount Lebanon. Not to be confused with the sports club Zouk Mosbeh SC.
Zouk Mosbeh
ذوق مصبح
Municipality
Map showing the location of Zouk Mikael within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Zouk Mikael within Lebanon
Zouk Mosbeh
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°57′18″N 35°36′53″E / 33.95500°N 35.61472°E / 33.95500; 35.61472
Country Lebanon
GovernorateKeserwan-Jbeil
DistrictKeserwan
Area
 • Total
4.53 km2 (1.75 sq mi)
Elevation
170 m (560 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961
Commemorative stelae of Nahr el-Kalb and view towards Zouk Mosbeh and Zouk Mikael

Zouk Mosbeh (Arabic: زوق مصبح) is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 12 kilometers north of Beirut. Zouk Mosbeh's average elevation is 170 meters above sea level and its total land area is 453 hectares.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics and Christians from other denominations.[2] There are three schools in the town, one public and two private, which together enrolled a total of 4,633 students in 2005–2006.[1] There were 167 businesses with over five employees operating in Zouk Mosbeh as of 2006.[1]

Zouk Mosbeh is well known for a cave called ''the King's Cave'' and is home to the Notre Dame University – Louaize.[3] The town is home to the Hall of Fame Museum which contains fifty silicone models of famous celebrities, several of them animated.[4] It is also home to the Christ the King Convent and the headquarters of the Association for the Protection of the Lebanese Heritage.

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Zuk Musbah as a village located in Aklim el-Kesrawan, Northeast of Beirut; the chief seat of the Maronites.[5]

Industrial Zone

The city is known for its industrial zone which contains numerous shops. It was hit with an explosion in 2007, causing one death and 3 injuries,[6] but was rebuilt and started operating properly since then.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Zouk Mosbeh". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-23. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  2. ^ "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (pdf). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  3. ^ Paul Courbon (June 1989). Atlas of the great caves of the world, p. 131. Cave Books. ISBN 978-0-939748-21-1. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  4. ^ Haddad Zeina, Lebanese Ministry of Tourism Museum Brochure, 2006.
  5. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 193
  6. ^ "قتيل و3 جرحى بعودة التفجيرات الليلية لبيروت من بوابة "ذوق مصبح"".
  7. ^ "مدينة زوق مصبح الصناعية مشلولة".

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