Beqaa (Arabic: البقاع Al-Biqā') is a governorate in Lebanon and one of the eight districts of the country. It is located in the eastern part of Lebanon and borders with Syria. The capital of the district is the city of Zahlé.
Beqaa Governorate مقاطعة البقاع | |
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Map of Lebanon with Beqaa highlighted | |
| Coordinates: 33°50′N 35°54′E / 33.833°N 35.900°E | |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Capital | Zahlé |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Kamal Abou Jaoudeh |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,433 km2 (553 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Estimate (31 December 2017) | 534,342 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Districts
Since 2014, Beqaa Governorate contains three districts:
- West Beqaa
- Rashaya
- Zahle
A law was passed in 2003 to separate Baalbek District and Hermel District from Beqaa Governorate to form a new governorate, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate. Implementation of Baalbek-Hermel began in 2014 with the appointment of its first governor.
Demographics
According to registered voters in 2014:
Religion in the Beqaa Governorate
- Christianity (41.3%)
- Sunni Islam (36.5%)
- Shia Islam (15.1%)
- Druze (6.79%)
- Other (0.33%)
Religion in the Beqaa Governorate including the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate
- Shia Islam (43.0%)
- Sunni Islam (25.5%)
- Christianity (27.8%)
- Druze (3.45%)
- Other (0.37%)
| Year | Christians | Muslims | Druze | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Greek Catholics | Maronites | Greek Orthodox | Armenian Orthodox | Syriac Orthodox | Other Christians | Total | Sunnis | Shias | Alawites | Druze | |
| 2014 | ||||||||||||
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