Ghazzeh

City in Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon

Ghazzeh غزة
City
33°40′16″N 35°49′39″E / 33.67111°N 35.82750°E / 33.67111; 35.82750
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Beqaa Governorate
District	Western Beqaa
Elevation	2,850 ft (870 m)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3

Ghazzeh (Arabic: غزة) is a Popular City located in the Western Beta District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon. estimated of 70,000 citizens 22,000 syrian refugees.

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as 'Azzeh (mistaking Arabic غ gh for ع ʿ) under "Places on the West side of the Bŭkâ'a, from the southern extremity northward to Zahleh"; it is listed before Bab Mareaa.^[1]

References

^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 141

Bibliography

Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.