Official Name: | Majdel Balhis |
Native Name: | مجدل بلهيص |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lebanon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Beqaa Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Rachaiya District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 800 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 33.5381°N 35.745°W |
Elevation M: | 1100 |
Majdel Balhis (مجدل بلهيص) is a village and municipality located in Rashaya District, Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon. Majdel Balhis is 95 km away from Beirut. Its altitude is 1100 meters above sea level. The area of Majdel Balhis covers 2004 hectares.[2] Majdel Balhis is located on the western slopes of Mount Hermon.
Majdel Balhis has a large expatriate community in Ottawa in Canada,[3] and the first mosque in that city was founded by a group people from Mejdal Balhis.
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Mejdel Belhis as a village in the Beqaa Valley.[4]