Baabda

Baabda
بعبدا
City - Village
Map showing the location of Baabda within Lebanon
Baabda
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°50′0″N 35°32′0″E / 33.83333°N 35.53333°E / 33.83333; 35.53333Coordinates: 33°50′0″N 35°32′0″E / 33.83333°N 35.53333°E / 33.83333; 35.53333
Country  Lebanon
Governorate Mount Lebanon Governorate
District Baabda District
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code +961

Baabda (Arabic: بعبدا) is the capital city of Baabda District as well as the capital of Mount Lebanon Governorate, western Lebanon. Baabda was the capital city of the autonomous Ottoman Mount Lebanon. Baabda is known for the Ottoman Castle (the serail) and it has many embassies (Italian, Japanese, Jordanian, Polish, Ukrainian, Romanian, Indonesian, Spanish ... ), the Ministry of Defense and many important organization and administrative centres in Lebanon.

Baabda Palace, residence of the President of Lebanon is also located in Baabda.[1]

References

  1. Tourism in Baabda Region. Lebanon.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.


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