Ghobeiry
غبيري
Ghbayreh
Ghobeiry is located in Lebanon
Ghobeiry
Ghobeiry
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°51′32″N 35°30′15″E / 33.85889°N 35.50417°E / 33.85889; 35.50417
CountryLebanon
GovernorateMount Lebanon
DistrictBaabda
Area
 • Total120 ha (300 acres)
Elevation
50 m (160 ft)

Ghobeiry (Arabic: غبيري; also spelled Ghbayreh or Ghabariyeh) is a municipality in the Baabda District of Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon.[1]

The inhabitants of Ghobeiry are predominantly Shia Muslims.[2]

In May 1988, following three weeks of intense fighting between Amal and Hizbullah, Ghobeiry and Chiyah were the only districts of Beirut that Amal was able to retain control of, the rest of Southern Beirut coming under Hizbullah control.[3]

Together with several neighboring towns and municipalities, including Haret Hreik, Ghobeiry makes up the southern suburb of Beiruts, called Dahieh.[4] It is the biggest Municipality in Lebanon.

References

  1. ^ "Ghbayreh". Localliban. Localliban. 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
  2. ^ Khuri, Fuad I. (2008). An Invitation to Laughter: A Lebanese Anthropologist in the Arab World. University of Chicago Press. p. 80. ISBN 9780226434759.
  3. ^ Middle East International No 327, 11 June 1988, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Jim Muir pp.4-6
  4. ^ "Federation of Dahiyeh Janoubiat Municipalities". Localliban. Localliban. 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
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