Koura District | |
Official Name: | الكورة |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 400 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lebanon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | North Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
Subdivision Name2: | Amioun |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 173 |
Population Est: | 75,056 |
Pop Est As Of: | 31 December 2017 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Population Blank2: | 72% Greek Orthodox 18% Maronites |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Koura District (Arabic: ٱلْكُورَة, from χώρα|lit=country) [1] is a district in the North Governorate, Lebanon.Koura is one of the 26 districts of Lebanon, particularly known for its olive tree cultivation and olive oil production. It comprises a total of 52 villages, and its capital and largest town is Amioun, with about 10,000 inhabitants as of 2010. The district stretches from the Mediterranean Sea up to Mount Lebanon, and comprises a series of foothills surrounding a low-lying plain where olive is cultivated. The olive orchards of Koura are among the most extensive in Lebanon.
72% of Koura's inhabitants belong to the Greek Orthodox confession, while the rest of inhabitants are Maronites, Sunni Muslims, Shia Muslims and a small Alawite minority. It is the only majority Greek Orthodox district in Lebanon.
The University of Balamand is headquartered in the Koura District.
List of settlements | |||
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1. Aaba | 2. Afsdik | 3. Ain Akrine | 4. Ali-al-Mouran |
5. Amioun | 6. Enfeh | 7. Badebhoun | 8. Barghoun |
9. Barsa | 10. Bdebba | 11. Batroumine | 12. Bishmizzine |
13. Bhabouch | 14. Bishriyata | 15. Bkomra | 16. Bneyel |
18. Btourram | 19. Btouratige | 20. Bkeftine | 21. Bnehran |
22. Bsarma | 23. Btaaboura | 24. Bziza | 25. Charlita |
26. Chira | 27. Dahr-al-Ain | 28. Darbechtar | 29. Darchmezzine |
30. Deddeh | 31. Fih | 32. Ijdebrine | 33. Kaftoun |
34. Kifraya | 35. Kelbata | 36. Kelhat | 37. Kfaraakka |
38. Kfarhata | 39. Kfarhazir | 40. Kaferkahel | 41. Kfarsaroun |
42. Kousba | 43. Maziriit Toula | 44. Mitrit | 45. Mijdel |
46. Nakhleh | 47. Rachedbine | 48. Ras Maska | 49. Wata Fares |
50. Zakroun | 51. Zakzouk |