Ghazieh الغازية
Municipality
Motto(s):  Unity, Struggle, Progress
Ghazieh Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°31′07″N 35°21′58″E / 33.51861°N 35.36611°E / 33.51861; 35.36611
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	South Governorate
District	Sidon District
Area
• Total	15 km2 (6 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[citation needed]
• Total	50,000
• Religions	Muslim Christian Judaism
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code	07
Website	http://www.ghaziehcity.com

Ghazieh (Arabic: الغازية) is a town in South Lebanon, 4 kilometres south of Saida, (Sidon). It has an area of about 15sq km.

Ghazieh is one of the largest businesses hubs in South Lebanon and it houses a large fuel refinery (TapLine).

Ghazieh is bordered by a number of villages in the southern and western side such as Qinnarit, Magdouche, Darb es Sim, Zaita, Aaqtanit, Maamriye, Zahrani.

Major streets include: Bashroun, Regy, Zambil, El Ain, El Baidar, El Rabta, El Mokhtar, Zehriye.

Ghazieh has its own football team in Chabab Ghazieh SC, which compete in the Lebanese Premier League.

History

Ghazieh suffered from the 1837 earthquake, with 14 houses collapsing and 7 people killed.^[1]

Modern era

During 2006 Lebanon War, on the 7 August, Israeli warplanes bombed and killed a total of 16 civilians in Ghazieh.^[2] On the 8 August, Israeli airplanes killed another 10 civilians, in three different incidents.^[3]