Ghazieh Explained

Official Name:Ghazieh
Native Name:الغازية
Native Name Lang:ar
Settlement Type:Municipality
Motto:Unity, Struggle, Progress
Pushpin Map:Lebanon
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Lebanon
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:South Governorate
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Sidon District
Utc Offset:+2
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:33.5186°N 35.3661°W
Area Total Km2:15
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:50,000
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Population Blank2:Muslim, Christian, Judaism
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 .

History

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

Modern era

See also: Ghaziyeh airstrikes. 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nicholas N. Ambraseys . The earthquake of 1 January 1837 in Southern Lebanon and Northern Israel . 1997. 932 .
  2. HWR, 2007, pp. 134-136
  3. HWR, 2007, pp. 140-141