Zouk Mikael

Zouk Mikael (Arabic: زوق مكايل, also spelled Zuq Mikha'il or Zouk Mkayel) is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon. Its inhabitants are predominantly Melkite and Maronite Catholics.[1]

Zouk Mikael
زوق مكايل
Zuq Mikha'il
Municipality
Zouk Mikael and Beirut from Adma
Zouk Mikael
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°58′18″N 35°36′58″E
Country Lebanon
GovernorateKeserwan-Jbeil
DistrictKeserwan
Government
 • Head of MunicipalityElias Ayoub Beainou
Area
 • Total3.08 km2 (1.19 sq mi)
Elevation
70 m (230 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

The town is well known for its Ottoman-era souk (open-air market), a pedestrian market with arcades and shops cafés. It is also home to several monasteries and historic churches, such as the Saint George Church, the open-air Roman-era amphitheatre, which hosts live summer concerts.[2] In 1999, the UNESCO declared Zouk Mikael a "City of Peace".[3]

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Zuk Mekayil as a village located in Aklim el-Kesrawan, Northeast of Beirut; the chief seat of the Maronites.[4]

On 27 February 1994 an IED exploded inside the Maronite Notre Dame de La Deliverance Church killing ten worshippers and wounding 60.[5]

Sports

Zouk Mikael is known as the Lebanese city of basketball, as it has the Stade Nouhad Naufal which was completed in 2015.[6] It hosted the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup where the Lebanon national team reached the quarter-finals.[7]

See also

Twin towns

References
  1. "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (PDF). Localiban. Localiban. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-16.
  2. "Amphitheater of Roman Architecture".
  3. "Qada' (Caza) Keserwan" (PDF). Middle East Airlines. Promenade. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-11-02.
  4. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 193
  5. Middle East International No 470, 4 March 1994, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Gerald. Butt p.10
  6. "مجمع نهاد نوفل للرياضة والمسرح".
  7. "Iran v Lebanon boxscore - FIBA Asia Cup 2017 - 16 August".

Bibliography
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