Aley District

Aalay District
District
عاليه
Location in Lebanon
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Mount Lebanon Governorate
Capital	Aley
Area
• Total	102 sq mi (264 km2)
Population
• Total	250,000
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	+3

Aley (Arabic: عاليه) is a district (qadaa) in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, to the south-east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The capital is Aley. Aley city was previously known as the "bride of the summers" during the 1960 and 1970s, when Aley and neighboring Bhamdoune were attractive tourist locations for Gulf tourists and Lebanese emigres.

The district elects 5 members of parliament, 3 Christians, (1 Orthodox and 2 Maronite, 2 Druze. During the 1975-1990 Civil War in Lebanon, Aley witnessed several battles around its environs.

Villages

• Aazoneyye
• Aabey
• Aghmeed
• ain trez
• Ain Aanoub
• Ainab
• Ain Dara
• Ain Drafil
• Ain el Remaneh
• Ain el Saydeh
• Aitat
• Aley
• Aramoun
• Badghan
• Basateen
• Baissour
• Bdadoun
• Bechamoun - - first village to raise the Lebanese flag on 22 November 1943
• Bhamdoun
• Bkheshtey
• Bleibel
• Bmahray
• Bmakin
• Bserrine
• Bsous
• Chartoun
• Charoun
• Chemlane
• Choueifat City
• Deir Koubel
• Dfoun
• Houmal
• Kahale
• Kaifun
• Kfarmatta
• Ktaily
• Majd l Baana
• Majdlaya
• Mecherfe, Aley
• Mrayjet
• Qmatiye
• Ramlieh
• Rechmaya
• Rimhala
• Sarhmoul
• Saoufar
• Sharoun
• Silfaya
• Souk El Gharb
• Shanay

Demographics

Like the neighboring Chouf District, the Aley district is also one of the most religiously diverse areas in Lebanon. The largest religious community in the Aley district is the Druze denomination, followed by the Maronite, and Greek Orthodox Christian denominations. There are also small communities of Sunni, and Shiite Muslims. It is estimated that roughly 65% of the district is of the Druze sect, while the remaining 35% is of the Christian sect.

External links

• Kahale
• Bsous