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